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Supporting Health Behavior Change in General Practice

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Previous chapters have emphasized the importance of using a patient-centered communication style and have presented some useful techniques for helping people to plan and learn how to succeed in making changes in lifestyle behavior. This chapter aims to reinforce and build on these ideas to understand clearly how behavior change works and how to support lifestyle change in a busy practice setting. My six “top tips” are as follows:

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  1. Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Magdalen Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2LU, UK

    Colin Greaves

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  1. , School of Psychology, Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Katharine D. Barnard

  2. , Faculty of Health & Social Care, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

    Cathy E. Lloyd

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Greaves, C. (2012). Supporting Health Behavior Change in General Practice. In: Barnard, K., Lloyd, C. (eds) Psychology and Diabetes Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-573-6_7

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