title: Health contract in the classroom.
abstract: A health contract is a technique used by health professionals to help clients achieve a health goal. This article describes a course, "Changing Health Behaviors," in which a health contract strategy is taught and practiced with older adults. The health contract can also be included as a smaller educational component within a gerontology course that covers risk factors such as sedentary behavior or nutritional deficiency, counseling or health education techniques, or program development. Gerontology students who complete a degree or certificate program may enter a variety of venues in which a health contract can be a useful tool with older clients.
authors.affiliation: Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. dhaber@bsu.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D032982:Contracts; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006040:Goals; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States