| TOPIC |
CONTENT |
| Session 1: Systems Thinking, Self-Monitoring & Goal Setting |
| Introduction to SystemCHANGE: HIV |
Introduce participants;
Background to intervention
Schedule/Content Ground Rules |
| Systems Thinking |
Introducing Systems as a way to think about habits |
| Determining process owners |
Involving people in your process;
Who impacts your system?
Distinguishing between buddies and process owners; |
| Goal Setting: Describing what you want to accomplish |
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| Self-Monitoring |
Introduction on self-monitoring: What and Why |
| Session 2: Lifestyle Routines, Systems Improvement Strategies and Social Support |
| Introduce Team Member |
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| Review Systems Thinking and Discuss first team meeting |
Key points for system thinking;
Team meeting reports-surprises? |
| Lifestyle Routines |
Cyclical nature of routines |
| Environmental changes |
List of possible environmental changes |
| Social Support |
Where, why and unusual places to find |
| Session3: Physical Activity and Self Experiments |
| Physical Activity Recommendations |
Physical activity recommendations
Weather related activity
Community Resources |
| Demonstrate use of exercise log |
Physical Activity log: exertion levels, sensations, emotions, safe exercise |
| PDSA Cycles |
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) format for testing small changes |
| Session 4: Patterns of Exercise, Types of Fitness and Testing Small Experiments |
| Patterns of Exercise |
Graph exercise from own data in exercise diary |
| Types of Fitness |
Health benefits of fitness
Types of fitness
HIV-related concerns |
| Storyboards |
Benefits of publicizing change “journey” in home
Structure and steps in making a storyboard |
| Session 5: Sleep |
| Sleep Benefits |
List reasons why sleep is important |
| Environmental Sleep Barriers |
Discuss actigraph patterns
List barriers that make sleep is hard |
| Recommendations, Sleep Hygiene |
Standard recommendations
Sleep hygiene strategies
Sleep rhythms |
| Session 6: Mental Wellness Behaviors |
| Mental Wellness Behaviors |
Components of Mental Wellness
Mental Wellness and HIV |
| Consequences of Poor Mental Wellness |
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| Session 7: Personal Time |
| Personal Time Introduction |
Overview of importance; Findings from pilot study |
| Strategies |
Finding and effectively using personal time |
| Balancing Personal Time with Isolation |
What is the difference between effectively using personal time and isolating? |
| Session 8: Spirituality and Altruism as Tools to Change the Environment |
| Review Personal Time |
Review main points on persona time |
| Spirituality |
Share focus group findings
How can spirituality be used to change environment?
How does can it support changes and hinder changes |
| Altruism |
Perspectives on benefits of altruism
Discuss ways to “give back” |
| Session 9: Relapse Prevention and Continual Improvement |
| Homework Review |
Share storyboard |
| Reinforcement of Systems Thinking |
Discuss how they are using Systems Improvement Strategies |
| Leaning form information about patterns of exercise- recognizing a lapse in behavior |
Review graphs of Physical Activity, sleep, personal time |
| Life processes and all health behaviors |
Healthy living is lifelong commitment |
| Session 10: Overview and Celebration |
| Celebration |
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| a Weekly homework review and session evaluation and feedback were removed for brevity |
