COUNSELING SUPPORT TOOL

Goal: Assists with making recommendations based on patient answers in the Guide

Format: Questions and answers, Federal guidelines, and general recommendations

Roles: Health care provider uses Tool to assess patient behaviors and to make recommendations

Speaker Notes:

There are two versions of the Counseling Support Tool—one to go with each of the Guides. We'll use the Counseling Support Tool for adult women as a model and point out where it differs from the Tool for young women. The Counseling Support Tool is designed is to help you:

• Review your patient's answers to the Getting Started questions in the Guide

• Make physical activity and healthy eating recommendations, based on these answers, to help change or improve patient behaviors

The Tool links unhealthy answers to relevant federal guidelines and general recommendations that you can make to your patient.