Cherie
ONeill,
EdD, FACSM, NBC-HWC, PAPHS, EP-C, CHWC
Director/Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Dr. Cherie O’Neill (she/her) is the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Health Coaching Programs Director at the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. She is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and co-authored the Behavior Change Module of the EIM certification exam. She is a contributing author in the American Council on Exercise's The Professional's Guide to Health & Wellness Coaching textbook. Dr. O'Neill is a nationally-board certified health and wellness coach and has worked in various capacities in health and wellness fields including start-ups, federal grants, health departments, health insurance companies, and healthcare systems.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Sustainable health behavior change in patients with chronic disease demands innovative, team-based solutions. Health coaches, with expertise in behavior change, are uniquely poised to strengthen interprofessional teams by empowering patients in sustainable lifestyle changes. Yet, many are unaware of the role health coaches can play and how they are trained. This presentation will demonstrate how integrating a health coach into collaborative care improves chronic disease management for many populations. We draw on reflective data from interprofessional simulations with nursing students and…