PACE Adults

PACE written materials can help you to offer effectively tailored weight loss, nutrition, and physical activity information and tips to patients and other healthcare consumers, with minimal financial and time investment.

PACE

Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition is a well-organized binder containing crucial background information and detailed guidelines to help medical providers effectively counsel adult patients about making physical activity and nutrition improvements. As with many of the PACE online programs, the evidence-based written PACE materials emphasize four key behaviors that are strongly correlated with overweight, general health, and/or disease risk:

1. Improving caloric balance (calories consumed compared to calories expended)
2. Increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables, and fiber
3. Decreasing dietary fat consumption
4. Increasing vigorous and/or moderate activity

The PACE provider print-based program is largely based upon Prochaska and DiClemente’s Transtheoretical (Stage of Change) Model and Social Cognitive Theory, and has been scientifically proven to be effective and highly acceptable to both patients and providers. The PACE Medical Provider materials include:

1. Brief Assessment Forms, which triage patients into one of three groups, based upon current dietary and activity guidelines and self-reported readiness to make changes
2. Brief Protocol Forms, which guide patient counseling and behavioral recommendations based upon their current status and Stage of Change
3. Stage-Based Tip Sheets, which are handouts that busy providers can give to patients needing additional information. These forms are offered in paper versions or via site licenses to electronic forms
4. Chart Stickers for insertion into the patient’s medical record

Materials Order Form 2.16.2011 (pdf)