title: Coping skills training in a telephone health coaching program for youth at risk for type 2 diabetes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this article is to describe components of a health coaching intervention based on coping skills training delivered via telephone. This intervention was provided to urban adolescents at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), reinforcing a school-based curriculum designed to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent T2DM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health coaching via telephone was provided to at-risk urban youth enrolled in a study of an intervention to reduce risk for T2DM. Vignettes are used to describe the use of several coping skills in this high-risk youth population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A variety of vignettes illustrate how telephone health coaching reinforced lifestyle changes in students by incorporating coping skills training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the benefits and the challenges of the telephone health coaching intervention, several suggestions for others who plan to use a similar method are described.
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: Sarah S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jaser
authors.forename: Evie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lindemann
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galasso
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: Marita G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Holl
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grey
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D015277:Hotlines / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration