LIVING DIALOGUE WORKSHOP

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LIVING DIALOGUE WORKSHOP

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PURPOSE

• The Living Dialogues are part of a process to
• Inspire people to think constructively about
  health
• Act on behalf of their own health
• Influence the type of care they receive

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In a Living Dialogue, each person takes a turn

• Telling hearing stories about positive
  experiences of health and caring
• Sharing positive examples of taking charge of
  ones own health care
• Identifying the conditions and assets that make
  these stories possible

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From the stories, we will

• Identify
• Major themes
• Conditions that influenced the situation
• The assets that enabled you to move forward
• Develop provocative propositions
• That encourage us to go beyond the status quo
• That begin to build the dream for the future
• Identify action steps for us and our community

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Appreciative Inquiry

• A strategy for purposeful change
• Concentrates on the best of what is
• Seeks possibilities of what could be
• Cooperative search for strengthens within the
  current system

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Appreciative Inquiry4 Phases

• Discoverythe best of what is
• Dreamwhat might be
• Designwhat should be
• Destinyhow to empower, learn adjust

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The Valeo Initiative

• Definition
• From the Latin to have the power to achieve
  vigor, health and wellness
• Vision
• To create an epidemic of health

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The Valeo Initiative

• Mission
• To Inspire and support people- centered health
  and care
• Where people actively pursue and take
  responsibility for health
• Where care is centered around the individual and
  their families
• Where public policies support healthy people and
  communities.

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Why are we doing the Living Dialogue?

• The Valeo Initiative hopes to inspire thousands
  of people around the country to participate in
  Living Dialogue workshops
• All ages
• All regions of the country
• All economic groups
• Patients and healthcare providers

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Why are we doing the Living Dialogue contd

• Valeo will collect stories from these Dialogues
  to create a public voice that can play a
  significant role in affecting decisions about
  health and care
• Participants will receive a Report detailing what
  we have learned and what was learned by all the
  groups participating in the Living Dialogue
  Dialogue
• We can use this information to create an Agenda
  for Action for ourselves

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Why are we doing the Living Dialogue contd

• Our information will also be used
• To encourage people to continue talking
  thinking about ways they can get healthier and
  receive better care
• To ensure that people have the type of
  information their need to make good decisions
  about health and care
• To identify ways that doctors, hospitals,
  insurance companies, etc. can support us in
  achieving our goals for good health and care

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Guidelines for Interviews

• Begin with one person interviewing the other on
  Question 1
• Switch roles
• Start with stories
• Appreciative Inquiry (AI) seeks the whole of the
  idea, not analysis of a situation
• Let the individual tell his/her story
• Dont offer your opinion

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Guidelines contd

• Encourage generalizations about life-giving
  forces
• Think of the story as a plantwhat nourishes it,
  ie water, sunlight, etc
• Questions to dig deeper
• Tell me more?
• Why do you feel that way?
• Why do you think that worked?

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Guidelines contd

• Be generally curious abut experiences, thoughts,
  and feelings
• Allow for silence
• Some people take longer than others to answer
• Dont force anyone to answer a question

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Guidelines contd

• Use Interviewer Forms
• Jot down high points of story for each question
• Jot down interesting quotes
• Include Conditions and Assets in the appropriate
  section
• Ask partner if they want stories included in
  Valeo materials
• If yes, have them sign your form