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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
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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
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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
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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
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vol. 14 no. 6 509-516
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1988
PubMed 
28376437

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication January 16, 2016
  • Revision received April 30, 2016
  • Accepted for publication May 24, 2016
  • Published online November 14, 2016.

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© 2016 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

Author Information

  1. David H. Thom, MD, PhD⇑,
  2. Jessica Wolf, BS,
  3. Heather Gardner, MPH,
  4. Denise DeVore, BA,
  5. Michael Lin, BS,
  6. Andy Ma, BS,
  7. Ana Ibarra-Castro and
  8. George Saba, PhD
  1. Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: David H. Thom, MD, PhD, Building 80/83, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, David.Thom{at}UCSF.edu

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