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Research ArticleOriginal Research

A Qualitative Study of How Health Coaches Support Patients in Making Health-Related Decisions and Behavioral Changes

David H. Thom, Jessica Wolf, Heather Gardner, Denise DeVore, Michael Lin, Andy Ma, Ana Ibarra-Castro and George Saba
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2016, 14 (6) 509-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1988
David H. Thom
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
MD, PhD
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  • For correspondence: David.Thom@UCSF.edu
Jessica Wolf
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
BS
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Heather Gardner
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
MPH
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Denise DeVore
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
BA
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Michael Lin
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
BS
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Andy Ma
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
BS
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Ana Ibarra-Castro
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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George Saba
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
PhD
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