Understanding Obesity Management Through the Lens of Cultural Humility

Title
Understanding Obesity Management Through the Lens of Cultural Humility

Program Description

When people with obesity are provided with evidence-based treatment such as intensive behavioral therapy, medications, or bariatric surgery, they are able to lose weight and may be able to sustain that weight loss. This session will demonstrate how to foster meaningful patient partnerships for sustainable weight through evidence-based interventions. We will explore how to navigate cultural nuances and communication strategies in order to develop personalized care plans, ensuring optimal, person-centered health promotion.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, learners should be able to:

1. Employ evidence-based guidelines to screen for and diagnose the disease of obesity

2. Apply the 5 Rs and integrate cultural humility to improve physician-patient interaction

3. Apply patient-centered techniques to engage and create personalized management plans for patients with obesity

4. Discuss the mechanism of action, efficacy and safety of approved pharmacotherapies and those in late-stage development for obesity

5. Discuss criteria to identify patients who would benefit from a referral to an obesity specialist

Target Audience
This activity is designed for family medicine physicians and other clinicians treating patients with obesity.

Participation and Credit:
Learners must complete the educational content online. A certificate will be available to you at the end of this activity. You may print the certificate, but you cannot alter it. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board. 

Unlabeled Use Disclosure:
This activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the curriculum clearly indicates this fact.

Support:
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Lilly and Novo Nordisk.

Fee:
There is no charge for this activity.

Cultural/Linguistic Competency:
CAFP policy and California state law require that each learning activity have elements of cultural and linguistic proficiency included in the content. The definition of cultural and linguistic competency is the ability and readiness of health care providers and health organizations to humbly and respectfully demonstrate, effectively communicate, and tailor delivery of care to patients with diverse values, beliefs, identities, and behaviors, in order to meet patients’ social, cultural, and linguistic needs as it relates to patient health. This activity meets these requirements.

Implicit Bias:
CAFP policy and California state law require that all CME activities comprising a patient care element include either (1) examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of physicians and surgeons, leading to disparities in health outcomes and/or (2) strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics. This activity meets these requirements.

Privacy Policy:
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Questions:
For questions regarding the content of this activity or for technical assistance, contact cafp@familydocs.org.

The CAFP has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that information contained herein is accurate in accordance with the latest available scientific knowledge at the time of accreditation of this continuing education program. Information regarding drugs (e.g., their administration, dosages, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, special warnings, and precautions) and drug delivery systems is subject to change, however, and the learner is advised to check the manufacturer's package insert for information concerning recommended dosage and potential problems or cautions prior to dispensing or administering the drug or using the drug delivery systems.

Any medications or treatment methods suggested in this CME activity should not be used by the practitioner without evaluation of their patient's condition(s) and possible contraindication(s) or danger(s) of use of any specific medication.

Copyright:

© 2024 California Academy of Family Physicians. No part of this activity may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embedded in articles or reviews.

Accreditation

The California Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Faculty & disclosure

Faculty

• Ecler Jaqua, MD, MBA, FAAFP, AGSF, FACLM, DipABOM
  Dr. Jaqua has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
• Gurpreet Padam, MD, FAAFP, DABLM
  Dr. Padam holds stock in AstraZeneca, Lilly, Medtronic, Merck and Pfizer. These relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
• Nicholas Pennings, DO, MFOMA, FACOFP, FAAFP
  Dr. Pennings is a consultant for Abbott and an independent contractor for Medifast. These relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Additional Content Contributors
Kimberly Casteline, PhD, Steven Haimowitz, MD, Laurie Isenberg, MA, MILS, CHCP, Stefan Ravello, Joshua Schectel, MD, and Renee Wadsworth have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Conflict of Interest Statements:
The CAFP Committee on Continuing Professional Development is responsible for management and resolution of conflict for any individual who may have influence on content, who has served as faculty, or who may produce or help produce CME/CPD content for the CAFP. Management/Resolution may include learner notification, peer review of content before presentation, changing topics, or even dismissing a potential faculty member. 

It is the policy of the CAFP to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all continuing education activities. All individuals with potential to influence the content of this program have submitted Conflict of Interest declarations that have been reviewed according to policy. Learner notification of declarations is included. All individuals with potential conflicts have been contacted by CAFP staff or CCPD members, and issues of conflict have been discussed, managed, and resolved.

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