Healthier lifestyles: behaviour change
Davies, N.
Nursing Times 107(23): 20-23
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 21834301 Document Number: 651199
Unhealthy lifestyle choices such as smoking and poor diet are significant and preventable causes of long-term conditions. Nurses are well placed to encourage and support patients to make healthy choices. Through good communication, collaboration and goal-setting, behaviour change is possible. This article discusses evidence for the best ways to initiate and sustain behaviour change.