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Health coaching: a concept analysis
1Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
Purpose:
Variations in the use of health coaching documented in the literature indicate a lack of conceptual clarity. The purpose of this article was to clarify the meaning of health coaching and propose an operational definition.
Conclusions:
Seven attributes were identified and used to propose an operational definition of health coaching as a goal-oriented, client-centered partnership that is health-focused and occurs through a process of client enlightenment and empowerment.
Practice Implication:
This operational definition and the proposed empirical measures of each attribute can be used to validate the presence of health coaching, develop theory-based applications, and consistently test the effectiveness of interventions using this concept.
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