National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Increases Focus on Whole Person Health & Lifestyle
Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH) is happy to observe an increased focus on whole person health and lifestyle in the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’s Strategic Plan. The plan is titled: “Mapping a Pathway to Research on Whole Person Health.” The following paragraph from the plan’s executive summary illustrates the expanding vision for whole person health:
NCCIH’s new strategic plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021–2025 expands the definition of integrative health to include whole person health, that is, empowering individuals, families, communities, and populations to improve their health in multiple interconnected domains: biological, behavioral, social, and environmental. The plan has been informed and shaped by an effort to better define and map a path to whole person health by expanding and building on current activities while advancing new research strategies and ideas. (Emphasis by AIH)
AIH is encouraged by this perspective and looks forward to increased funding for whole health and lifestyle efforts. We eagerly anticipate moving toward a world where lifestyle approaches to whole person health will provide a strong intervention in preventing, treating and reversing many chronic diseases.
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We are delighted to note the paper, “Prioritized research for the prevention, treatment, and reversal of chronic disease: recommendations from the Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit” is being utilized as a key reference.
