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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 18.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Med. 2018 Jul;50(7):526–530. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2018.459897

Table 3:

Health Coaches and Training Backgrounds

	No. Using Health Coaches	% Using Health Coaches With This Training Background
	No. Using Health Coaches	Registered Nurse	Medical Assistant	Licensed Practical Nurse	Psychologist	Social Worker	Trained Health Coach	No Specific
Used any health coaches	137	47.5%	8.8%	8.0%	32.1%	41.6%	19.7%	11.7%
Available to all patients	35	40.0%	5.7%	0%^***	40.0%	45.7%	14.3%	8.3%
Specifically chronic disease management	95	52.6%^**	9.5%	11.6%^**	26.3%^*	37.9%	24.2%^**	12.6%
Specifically obesity	34	52.9%	17.7%^**	8.8%	32.3%	38.2%	35.3%^***	8.8%
Specifically mental health	44	50.0%	11.4%	4.6%	43.2%^**	43.2%	13.6%	18.2%^*
Specifically pain management	15	66.7%^*	26.7%^***	6.7%	66.7%^***	26.7%	13.3%	6.7%

^***

Chi-square test: =P<.01,

^**

=P<.05,

^*

=P<.1.

Data source: 2015 CERA survey;