Promoting Positive Health Behaviors in Patients on Home Nutrition Support: Incorporating the Patient’s Voice (T32)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 17, 2026

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-051-L01-P

Course level:

Intermediate

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Summarize how patient-centered care and shared decision making exemplify utilizing the patient’s voice.
  • Describe typical sleep disturbances in patients with home nutrition therapies and sleep hygiene strategies.
  • Describe the most important quality of life issues for home nutrition patients discerned from the patient’s voice.
  • Develop strategies to promote positive health behaviors in patients with severe intestinal dysfunction that require chronic nutrition support.

Topics & Presenters

Sleep Hygiene in Patients on Home Nutrition Therapies

Hassan Dashti
PhD, RD, FASPEN

Investigator

Mass General Research Institute

Assistant Professor

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Quality of Life Issues in Patients on Chronic Home Nutrition Therapies

Marion Winkler
PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

Professor of Surgery

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Surgical Nutrition Specialist

Department of Surgery and Nutritional Support, Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI

Gut/Brain Axis Impacts on Promoting Adherence to Nutrition Therapy

Christopher Tjoa
MD

Manager Medical Director

Elevance Health

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

San Diego, CA

Moderators:

Nancy Stoner

CRNP, MSN, CNSC

Home Nutrition Support Advanced Practice Provider

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Philadelphia, PA