HealthyWE: Achieving a Healthy Weight and Reducing Pain

Following baseline assessment, 60 residents will be enrolled in HealthyWE Corps program. HealthyWE Corps includes training sessions on keeping a healthy weight, healthy diet, and mental health wellness. The content of the HealthyWE protocol was carefully designed choosing skills shown to be efficacious in keeping a healthy weight and reducing pain. Self-efficacy theory guides the intervention. Behavioral interventions for reducing and managing obesity focus on building adults' self-management skills to be implemented in their daily lives. To achieve the therapeutic effects, individuals have to execute self-management skills in their daily lives. Self-efficacy is defined as a person's belief in his/her ability to perform specific skills to reduce and manage obesity.