CONCLUSION
stroke
STROKE, DISEASE
HWC may provide a platform for addressing multiple facilitators of long‐term health behavior change. Conversations that explore and enhance the awareness of personal risk and the impact of potential disease, accountability, happiness, life satisfaction, self‐efficacy, emotional well‐being, community engagement, and social supports may be useful in facilitating long‐term behavior change. Delivering interventions at an appropriate time and being responsive to the needs of the person and their contextual demands may strengthen the effectiveness interventions. Furthermore, the use of tools and the development of new skills to support decision‐making and problem‐solving may aid the maintenance of healthy behaviors post intervention. Potential barriers and pitfalls to avoid would be poor timing of interventions, making assumptions about participant preferences on cultural safety or not consulting participants on this, and focusing exclusively on physical health rather than being person‐centered and responsive. There is increasing awareness and use of HWC in primary care as a tool to enhance health and well‐being beyond the medical model of prescribing medications and offering basic lifestyle advice. Hence, the findings of this study extend beyond the current study and may be used to inform the content and delivery of future HWC programs for stroke prevention, specifically around the potential barriers and facilitators of long‐term behavior change.