Tools and skills to support decision‐making
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Using tools and developing new skills to support decision‐making was cited as a facilitator of long‐term behavior change by many participants. These included skills in prioritizing self, time‐management, goal‐setting, problem‐solving, establishing routines, and coping skills:
“…I was learning how to cope…well I was coached into looking at the bigger picture, trying to prioritise what was important to me…make some good decisions…” (P4, Female, Moderate CVD risk)Using time management skills to schedule in exercise proved difficult for some to maintain over time, with life and busyness often getting in the way:
“So I sort of find that hard to put in with the erm, doing kura [study] and then the other things I get involved in” (P8, Female, Moderate CVD risk)Something that helped maintain long‐term change for some participants was the ongoing use of the coaching tools and resources described in Section 3. Many kept these resources to hand after the coaching had ended, revisiting them occasionally as a reminder of the skills learnt or as a refresher when facing particular challenges:
“…having the book, and record of it as I was having the coaching sessions has helped…there are times when I thought well what would I do here, and I'd pick up the book and read it and see…look at the book itself and what she would tell me to do, and I thought yeah I'll try that” (P8, as above)A number of participants made similar comments about the usefulness of keeping a record during the coaching and keeping the resources and tools to refer back to.