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Annotated Bibliography of Life Coaching and Health Research

C Newnham-Kanas, P Gorczynski, D Morrow, JD Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

While executive life coaching is quite prominent in the research forum as outlined in Grant’s workplace and executive life coaching annotated bibliography (2005), studies pertaining to life coachingrelated health outcomes are fewer in number and they have not been well recognized. Furthermore, although health-related studies focusing o...

IFS and health coaching: A new model of behavior change and medical decision making

J Livingstone, J Gaffney Routledge Publications 2013

Identity and Legitimacy in the Emerging Profession Of Health Coaching

CB Murphy Murphy, C.B. 2015

Group health coaching: Strengths, challenges, and next steps

C Armstrong, R Wolever, L Manning, R Elam III, M Moore, E Fr... Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

There is great need for cost effective approaches to increase patient engagement and improve health and well-being. Health and wellness coaching has recently demonstrated great promise, but the majority of studies to date have focused on individual coaching (ie, one coach with one client). Newer initiatives are bringing a group coaching m...

Integrative health coaching and motivational interviewing: synergistic approaches to behavior change in healthcare

LA Simmons, RQ Wolever Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

As rates of preventable chronic diseases and associated costs continue to rise, there has been increasing focus on strategies to support behavior change in healthcare. Health coaching and motivational interviewing are synergistic but distinct approaches that can be effectively employed to achieve this end. However, there is some confusion...

Integrative health coach training: A model for shifting the paradigm toward patient-centricity and meeting new national prevention goals

LL Smith, NH Lake, LA Simmons, A Perlman, S Wroth, RQ Woleve... Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Objective: To describe the evolution, training, and results of an emerging allied health profession skilled in eliciting sustainable health-related behavior change and charged with improving patient engagement. Methods: Through techniques sourced from humanistic and positive psychology, solution-focused and mindfulness-based therapie...

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....

Personalized health planning with integrative health coaching to reduce obesity risk among women gaining excess weight during pregnancy

N Yang, S Wroth, C Parham, M Strait, LA Simmons Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2013

Health coaching is an emerging behavioral intervention to improve outcomes in chronic disease management and prevention; however, no studies have investigated its utility in postpartum women who have gained excess weight during pregnancy. A 32-year-old primigravida woman who was overweight at conception and gained 23 lbs more than Institu...

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...