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. 2019 Jul 1;22(7):838–843. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0439

Appendix Table A1. Framework for Peer Navigator Visit by Domain

Social support Mental health support
Advance care planning Care coordination Diet support
• Discuss values and goals using motivation interviewing through empathy and reflective listening.
• Review advance directive and hospice educational materials
• Use motivational interviewing to help patient complete advance directives and/or have advance care planning conversations with family and clinicians.
• Discuss concerns related to health, finances, housing, transportation, and family.
• Provide support with connection to community resources, clinic appointments, language interpretation, and logistical issues.
• Accommodate cultural dietary preferences with renal restriction.
• Provide recipes that are culturally and linguistically congruent.
• Activate patient to troubleshoot diet issues.
• Explore patient methods for coping and adjustment to illness.
• Use motivational interviewing, and help patient obtain mental health support.