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ForwardThe Chiropractor’s Role in Promoting Health, Guiding Health Behavior Change, and Addressing Social Determinants of Health (Online 2025)
Summary
Recent studies reveal that a significant portion of patients seeking chiropractic care for spinal and nervous system issues also present with comorbidities that significantly impact their quality of life and longevity. The overall health and well-being of our patients, their families, and our community members are shaped by a complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors, including:
• Environmental influences
Social determinants of health
• Individual health behavior choices
• Cognitive biases and beliefs of both doctors and patients
• Access to healthcare services
This twelve-hour recorded webinar offers chiropractors valuable insights into how modern chiropractic practice can effectively integrate into a multidisciplinary healthcare model.
Key topics include:
1. Understanding the role of chiropractic care in addressing complex health issues
2. Strategies for collaborating with other healthcare professionals
3. Incorporating a holistic approach to patient care
4. Navigating the evolving healthcare landscape
By participating in this webinar, practitioners will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to contribute meaningfully to the emerging narrative of integrative and informed healthcare. This webinar aims to enhance the chiropractor's ability to provide comprehensive care that addresses not only spinal health but also the broader spectrum of factors influencing patient wellness.
Certificates of Completion
Print or download your certificates of completion separately for each session you complete. There will not be a certificate for the conference as a whole.
Online CE at Life West is simple and engaging.
- Check on the right of this screen or under the CREDITS tab to see if the seminar is approved for CE in your licensure state(s).
- You must be logged in to your Life West CE account in order to access the seminar. Click on the REGISTER tab to register and begin.
- The seminar consists of video, readings, and one or more quizzes. You do not need to complete the seminar in one sitting, and you may return to it at any point.
- Once in the seminar, follow the MENU of steps on the left side of the screen. Click through the steps to move through the program.
- When you have completed the evaluation, you can PRINT YOUR CERTIFICATE yourself, on the spot.
If you have questions or concerns along the way, contact Life West Postgraduate & Continuing Education at [email protected] or 510.780.4508 during our regular business hours 9am-5pm Mon-Fri. Please expect a response within 1-2 business days.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to describe the prevalence and impact of spine-related disorders on healthcare expenditures and disability rates and their effect on individuals, families, caregivers, workplaces, healthcare systems, and the government.
2. Students will become familiar with the non-communicable diseases that impact the patient’s morbidity, mortality and disability and identify the most common behavioral theories that can be applied in clinical and community settings.
3. Understand basic community advocacy models for public health education and health promotion efforts aimed at population to include basic private practice advocacy models for health education and health promotion efforts aimed at individuals within a population.
4. Describe health equity and the biopsychosocial factors that can influence achieving related goals with an emphasis on social determinants of health domains that contribute to health disparities and undesirable health outcomes
5. Evaluate their cognitive biases and cultural competence to improve doctor-patient interactions within chiropractic clinical care.
6. Participants will recognize the need to screen for environmental causes of patient symptoms and learn how to communicate the connections between the environment and health.
| Module No. | Topics | Hour 1 | Hour 2 |
| 1 | Spine Pain and Its Impact on The Publics’ Health | Joel Stevans, DC, PhD Mike Schneider, PhD, DC | Joel Stevans, DC, PhD Mike Schneider, PhD, DC |
| 2 | The Chiropractor’s Role as a Member of the Multidisciplinary Public Health Team | Will Evans, Jr., DC, PhD, MCHES, FICC | Robert Leach, DC, MS, MCHES |
| 3 | Understand the Core Topics Areas of Environmental Public Health | Krista Ward, DC, MPH, CPH | Barbara Erny, MD |
| 4 | Addressing Patient Health Behavior Through Applied Health Behavior Theory & Motivational Interviewing Techniques | Will Evans, Jr., DC, PhD, MCHES, FICC | Tom Ventimiglia, DC |
| 5 | Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Chiropractic Clinical Practice | Jevinne Khan, DC | Kelsey Lewis, DC |
| 6 | Healthy Equity: The Chiropractors Role in Addressing Health Equity in a Multicultural Society | Christie Kwon, MS, MPH, DC | Christie Kwon, MS, MPH, DC |
JEVINNE KHAN, DC | |
| KELSEY LEWIS, DC | |
| CHRISTIE KWON, DC, MS, MPH | |
| THOMAS R VENTIMIGLIA, DC, FACC | |
MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, DC, PhD | |
| JOEL STEVANS, DC, PhD | |
WILL EVANS, DC, PhD, MCHES | |
| ROBERT A LEACH, DC, MS, RMCHES | |
KRISTA WARD, DC, MPH | |
| BARBARA ERNY, MD |
Life Chiropractic College West has received programmatic accreditation through the Council on Chiropractic Education and institutional/regional accreditation through WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
See below for a list of credits that may be available for this seminar.
*The following State and Province boards do not require an application when a program is sponsored by a college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE): CO, CT, DE, DC, ID, IL, IA, MD, MA, MI, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, SC, UT, VT, VA, WA, WY, BC, NB, ON, QC. Life Chiropractic College West cannot guarantee that these licensing board(s) will accept any session of this offering. Life West urges licensees to familiarize themselves with the laws governing continuing education in the jurisdictions where they hold licensure.
Available Credit Hours
- 12.00 AK Chiropractic BoardAlaska Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 AZ Chiropractic BoardArizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 BC Chiropractic CollegeBritish Columbia College of Chiropractors
- 12.00 CA Chiro Board, Category BCA Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Cat B
- 12.00 CO Chiropractic BoardColorado Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 CT Chiropractic BoardConnecticut Board of Chiropractic Examiner
- 12.00 DC Chiropractic BoardDistrict of Columbia Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 DE Chiropractic BoardDelaware Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 FL Chiropractic BoardFlorida Board of Chiropractic Medicine
- 12.00 HI Chiropractic BoardHawaii Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 IA Chiropractic BoardIowa Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 ID Chiropractic BoardIdaho Board of Chiropractic Physicians
- 12.00 IL Chiropractic BoardIllinois Medical Licensing Board
- 12.00 IN Chiropractic BoardIndiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 KS Chiropractic AssocKansas Chiropractic Association
- 12.00 MA Chiropractic BoardMassachusetts Board of Registration of Chiropractors
- 12.00 MB Chiropractic AssocManitoba Chiropractors' Association
- 12.00 MD Chiropractic BoardMaryland Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 ME Chiropractic BoardMaine Board of Chiropractic Licensure
- 12.00 MI Chiropractic BoardMichigan Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 MN Chiropractic BoardMinnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 MO Chiropractic BoardMissouri Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 MS Chiropractic BoardMississippi Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 MT Chiropractic BoardMontana Board of Chiropractors
- 12.00 NB Chiropractic AssocNew Brunswick Chiropractors' Association
- 12.00 NC Chiropractic BoardNorth Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 ND Chiropractic BoardNorth Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 NE Chiropractic BoardNebraska Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 NH Chiropractic BoardNew Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 NJ Chiropractic BoardNew Jersey Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 NS Chiropractic CollegeNova Scotia College of Chiropractors
- 12.00 NY Chiropractic BoardNew York State Board for Chiropractic
- 12.00 OH Chiropractic BoardOhio Chiropractic Board
- 12.00 ON Chiropractic CollegeOntario College of Chiropractors
- 12.00 OR Chiropractic BoardOregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 PACEFCLB Providers of Approved Continuing Education
- 12.00 PR Chiropractic BoardPuerto Rico Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 RI Chiropractic BoardRhode Island Board of Examiners in Chiropractic
- 12.00 SC Chiropractic BoardSouth Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 SD Chiropractic BoardSouth Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 TN Chiropractic BoardTennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 UT Chiropractic BoardUtah Chiropractic Physicians Licensing Board
- 12.00 VA Board of MedicineVirginia Board of Medicine
- 12.00 VI Chiropractic BoardU.S. Virgin Islands Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- 12.00 VT Chiropractic BoardVermont Board of Chiropractic
- 12.00 WA Chiropractic CommWashington Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission
- 12.00 WY Chiropractic BoardWyoming Board of Chiropractic Examiners
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