I recommend reading Using Action Helpers To Implement Re-Usable Widgets by Matthew Weier O'Phinney (ZF Lead).
I would use the ActionStack Action Helper to stack a call to the user controller. Stacking means, when you're done with this current action, let's call a new one before going to layout rendering.
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