Post an explanation of how the use of CBT in groups compares to its use in family settings. Provide specific examples from your own practicum experiences. Then, explain at least two challenges counselors might encounter when using CBT in the group setting. Support your response with specific examples from this week’s media. 

Students maintained and submitted weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to explore the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. This assignment combines those entries into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

This final submission should also outline what students have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced during the process, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and, finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

The final journal should address a variable combination of the following, while incorporating your specific clinical practice experiences: New practice approaches Interprofessional collaboration Health care delivery and clinical systems Ethical considerations in health care Practices of culturally sensitive care Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients Population health concerns The role of technology in improving health care outcomes Health policy Leadership and economic models Health disparities

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide

Discussions (10% of grade): There will 4 discussions during the semester and will be count as participation points.  The discussion board points count towards your final grade. All assigned postings must be completed by the deadline in the schedule for posting AND responding or no credit is given.  Discussions are not just opinion to obtain full points, postings must be based on supported fact, not simply opinion. Posting should be a minimum of one short paragraph and a maximum of two paragraphs.  Word totals for each post should be in the 100-200 words range.  Whether you agree or disagree explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience.  Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate. APA 6th edition format for references as well as in-text citations is expected.

Application of Health Literacy & Motivational Interviewing Concepts to Promote Wellness

Health literacy is not simply the ability to read health information. The National Institutes of Health defines health literacy as the ability to read, comprehend, and analyze information; decode instructions, symbols, charts, and diagrams; weigh risks and benefits; and ultimately make decisions and take action.

After the reading the following HRSA guideline https://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/actpcmd/Reports/twelfthreport.pdf

Discuss how shared decision making , motivational interviewing, and best practices of models of care can improve the health literacy of a especial popualtion ( children ,elderly, veterans)

  In your reply posts, incorporate challenges you would anticipate for the proposals, as well as arguments to overcome those challenges. Each reply should be 200  :

 Today, I believe most of the money being spent on healthcare should be used on educating patients on possible lifestyle modifications that can be made for many different disease preventions. Diet is one of the most modifiable factors for numerous diseases that the majority of the population suffers from, such as diabetes and hypertension. “The Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, a dietary pattern, currently receiving much attention, was originally designed to reduce blood pressure13; this diet emphasizes intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, moderate amounts of low-fat dairy; and underscores reduced intakes of red or processed meats, sodium, and sweetened beverages( Hossein, 2019) ” Here the author stresses the importance of DASH diet and how it can manage hypertension apart from using prescription drugs. With the stress of education on patients, they would be able to manage hypertension and save money on costs such as insurance premiums, and copays. “and higher adherence to DASH diet score was related with lower odds of metabolically unhealthy normal weight phenotype in comparison to metabolically healthy normal weight younger adults ( Hossein, 2019) “ Here, the population can avoid metabolic syndrome by following the DASH diet, which is proven to be a modifying factor. The avoidance of liquor is also a large modifying risk factor in the role of hypertension.
Other modifying factors include exercise. It has been proven that 30 mins of exercise at least 3 times a week reduces blood pressure levels. Diet and exercise have great impact in the prevention of hypertension and diabetes ( type 2) “ brings attention to the importance of healthy aging. Adoption of healthy lifestyle activities such as participating in physical activity on a daily basis is key to maintaining physical and mental health. (Norma, 2020).” Here, we can even use education to involve the elderly population to prevent any extra complications of aging. “he results indicated that the exercise intervention contributed to significant improvements in the older adults’ health-related variables for the EG when contrasted with the control group ( Norma, 2020 )” So, you see the Dash diet, and even exercise is useful at any age so this would be a modifiable factor. This method has also proved to be effective in reducing diastolic, systolic blood pressures, cholesterol, blood lipids, and even depressive symptoms. Money that is given to insurance companies should be spread out to other healthcare branches in order to spread knowledge. Health companies would be putting money towards prevention. Money should also be going towards mandatory screening of preventable diseases. Offices need to be constantly reminded of annual blood work up, lung cancer screening, and even regular blood pressure work up. As far as end of life care goes, money would be spent naturally less on chronic treatments and even procedures because of better health maintenance and wellness which was added earlier in life. In regard to policy utilizing this information we can install schools to have only healthy food option in order to prevent diabetes. The cost of diabetes is a lifelong commitment to insulin, blood checks, and doctor visits if not controlled early on. There should be no sodas, fresh squeezed juices, and more gym time. I hope to see a future that focus more on wellness to eliminate the prognosis of diseases and money spent on these diseases. A lot of diseases can be prevented by exercise, proper eating, and being active with screening. We should educate regrading things like the DASH diet to promote wellness. There should be strict polices in regards to foods in children’s school’s, and free screenings.