Bonnet Jonathan P, George Aaron E
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Meritus Health, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2021 Jan 20;15(3):238-241. doi: 10.1177/1559827620988284. eCollection 2021 May-Jun.
Novel approaches to deliver lifestyle medicine that are convenient and accessible to patients are needed. Patients generally seek medical care when they are not well, reinforcing the notion of a "sick" care health system. Conversely, health clubs represent beacons of wellness amid the mire of chronic disease. Many individuals visit health clubs with the goal of becoming or remaining healthy. Expanding health care access to these health club populations creates opportunities to engage those who do not typically seek medical care, and may also attract those who are highly motivated to make lifestyle changes to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic disease. Health club clinics could be expanded with in-person or virtual offerings that go beyond traditional models. Such offerings would stand to improve health and be mutually beneficial for the provider and health club. By decreasing the barrier to access such care and meeting highly motivated patients where they are, providers may be more successful in their efforts to deliver lifestyle medicine to patients who are ready, willing, and able to make lifestyle behaviors changes.
需要新颖的方法来提供方便患者获取的生活方式医学。患者通常在身体不适时寻求医疗护理，这强化了“疾病”护理健康系统的概念。相反，在慢性病的困境中，健身俱乐部是健康的灯塔。许多人前往健身俱乐部的目的是保持健康或变得健康。将医疗服务扩展到这些健身俱乐部人群，为接触那些通常不寻求医疗护理的人创造了机会，也可能吸引那些有强烈动机改变生活方式以预防、治疗和逆转慢性病的人。健身俱乐部诊所可以通过超越传统模式的面对面或虚拟服务进行扩展。这样的服务有望改善健康状况，对提供者和健身俱乐部都互利。通过降低获得此类护理的障碍，并在有强烈动机的患者所在之处与他们接触，提供者在向准备好、愿意并能够改变生活方式行为的患者提供生活方式医学方面可能会更成功。
