Total Credits: 1
In this hour-long CE Dr. Leach will briefly review how chiropractic health promotion includes more than providing adjustments. Motivational interviewing and different approaches such as OARS and the RULE approach to connecting with patients to gather health-related information are discussed. The role of the chiropractor in providing wellness screening, including the FIVE A's and FRAMES approaches for Addressing Health Risk Behavior are surveyed. Resources for further information for further integrative care referral are presented.
Robert A. Leach, author, clinician, and scientist/practitioner is the Mississippi Delegate to the American Chiropractic Association HOD and continues to advocate for a questioning chiropractic philosophy that encourages theory driven and science informed chiropractic practice. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, more than 25,000 copies of his classic textbook, The Chiropractic Theories, have been distributed since 1980. Now in its fourth edition, it is published by Wolters Kluwer—Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. In addition, he has published or presented several dozen scientific papers from clinical subjects ranging from children with attention deficit hyperactivity to correlations between pressure pain thresholds and other clinical metrics used in chiropractic practice.
In 2006 he earned a Master of Science degree in Health Education and became a Certified Health Education Specialist. Previously a recipient of numerous awards from the Mississippi Chiropractic Association, in 2007 he was named, “Health Educator of the Year” by the Mississippi Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD). In addition to continuing full time practice since 1979, Dr. Leach continues to write and lecture. His research interests in health promotion include published papers ranging from community health and advocacy for full coverage of chiropractic in the Medicare program, to support of chiropractors for Healthy People objectives and compliance with sanitation and hygiene recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A member since 2016, he currently serves as the Chairperson for the Chiropractic Section of the American Public Health Association.