A Lifestyle Medicine Convening on Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality: Understanding Whole Person Needs for Whole Person Care

Grantee: American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Year Funded: 2023

Amount: $124,380.00

Report Status: Report not posted

Related Content: none

Project Summary: ACLM will plan and host a multidisciplinary convening regarding evidence and priorities at intersections between lifestyle medicine (LM) and meaning, purpose, and spirituality (MPS). Leading behavioral science experts in psychology, positive psychology, and well-being will be recruited as advisors and speakers to ensure robust discussion and meaningful agenda setting regarding these intersections and application in medical education, clinical practice, and research. The in-person convening will bring together a select audience of approximately 100 key stakeholders, including LM experts and health care innovators, to engage with panelists and help shape recommendations for integrating MPS across the LM health care continuum. Both the convening and the materials developed as outputs, including an accessible toolkit/roadmap for bringing MPS concepts into evidence-based LM education and practice, will serve the goal of making whole person and psychological determinants of LM practice and LM prescription adherence information accessible to clinicians. A robust dissemination strategy to include academic publication, webinar, press release, website, blog, and other communication activities will be implemented for meaningful reach. Achieving proposed objectives will institute progress in how we prepare clinicians to address factors of meaning that enable healthy behavior change and whole health for all.