Better Choices, Better Health

About the program: Better Choices, Better Health® (BCBH) is an internet-based group workshop that uses content from the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program. It focuses on chronic disease management, decision making, problem-solving, and action-planning.

Objectives:

To increase:

• Self-confidence.
• Physical and psychosocial well-being.
• Knowledge of ways to manage chronic conditions.
• Motivation to manage chronic diseases and associated challenges.

Target Audience:

• Adults with arthritis
• Adults with other chronic diseases.
• Older adults.
• Adults living in rural areas, who are homebound, or who do not wish to participate in in-person group programs.

Key Activities:

• Interactive educational activities like discussion and brainstorming.
• Action planning exercises and feedback, behavior modeling, relaxation techniques, and more.
• Participants can log-on when they choose, and set action plans each week.
• Participants also report on how well they are doing at following their action plans.

Setting: Online/Internet Based.

Suggested class size: The ideal class size is 20 or 25, but participants do not need to be online at the same time.

Duration: Each course is six weeks, and participants should log on two to three times a week.

Cost:

• Participant costs: Between $185 and $275 per person.
• Leader/ Host Costs: None.

Program Requirements:

• Access to a computer with internet access.
• The workshop companion book Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions, 4th Edition.

More Information:

• For more information, visit the National Council on Aging’s Better Choices, Better Health websiteexternal icon.
• Find a program in your area on the Evidence-Based Leadership Council’s Map of Programsexternal icon.