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Health coaching as an intervention in health management programs

SW Butterworth, A Linden, W McClay Disease Management & Health Outcomes 2007

Healthy lifestyle behaviors can prevent the onset of chronic illness and help manage existing conditions. Health coaching interventions are increasingly being incorporated into health management programs, which are implemented in a variety of settings, from physician practices to the broader population level (e.g. throughout health plans,...

Coaching patients with coronary heart disease to achieve the target cholesterol:: A method to bridge the gap between evidence-based medicine and the “real world”—randomized controlled trial

M Vale, MV Jelinek, JD Best, J Santamaria Journal of clinical epidemiology 2002

Abstract Community studies have demonstrated suboptimal achievement of lipid targets in the management of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). An effective strategy is required for the application of evidence-based prevention therapy for CHD. The objective of this study was to test coaching as a technique to assist patients in ach...

Coaching patients On Achieving Cardiovascular Health (COACH): a multicenter randomized trial in patients with coronary heart disease

M Vale, MV Jelinek, JD Best, A Dart, L Grigg, D Hare, B Ho, ... Archives of Internal Medicine 2003

Background Disease management programs in which drugs are prescribed by dietitians or nurses have been shown to improve the coronary risk factor profile in patients with coronary heart disease. However, those disease management programs in which drugs are not prescribed by allied health professionals have not improved coronary risk facto...

Effect of motivational interviewing-based health coaching on employees' physical and mental health status.

S Butterworth, A Linden, W McClay, MC Leo Journal of occupational health psychology 2006

Motivational Interviewing (MI) based health coaching is a relatively new behavioral intervention that has gained popularity in public health because of its ability to address multiple behaviors, health risks, and illness self-management. In this study, 276 employees at a medical center self-selected to participate in either a 3-month heal...

Identity and Legitimacy in the Emerging Profession Of Health Coaching

CB Murphy Murphy, C.B. 2015

A systematic review of the literature on health and wellness coaching: defining a key behavioral intervention in healthcare

RQ Wolever, LA Simmons, GA Sforzo, D Dill, M Kaye, E Bechard... Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Primary Objective: Review the operational definitions of health and wellness coaching as published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Background: As global rates of preventable chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions, there has been an increased focus on strategies to improve health behaviors and associated outcomes....

Transformative change to ‘a new me’: a qualitative study of clients’ lived experience with integrative health coaching

K Goble, S Knight, S Burke, L Carawan, R Wolever Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2017

The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experiences of adult clients who sought Integrative Health Coaching (IHC) to address a chronic health condition. Moustakas’ phenomenological approach was applied to engage nine participants in recorded in-depth interviews and photo-elicitation interviews. Analysis revealed the essence of...