Whole Health Action Management

WHAM facilitators participate in a 2-day training, which then enables them to train others in WHAM. Participants receive six hours of instruction spread over up to three weeks, followed by an 8-week WHAM-focused support group as they work toward, achieve, and maintain whole health goals.

History

The WHAM model is based on a pilot program led by Larry Fricks when in 2013 Georgia received federal approval to bill Medicaid for peer support specialists to provide health coaching., as well as the earlier the chronic disease self-management Health and Recovery Peer (HARP) Program. Since then, Fricks and his colleagues have trained peers across the country on the model under the name Whole Health Action Management. In 2014, Spanish-language resources were produced to implement the program in the Latino community. Presbyterian Healthcare Services in New Mexico has trained over 600 of their staff in WHAM. Between 2012 and 2016, over 3000 people have been trained in the WHAM model.