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Integrative health coaching for patients with type 2 diabetes a randomized clinical trial

R Wolever, M Dreusicke, J Fikkan, T Hawkins, S Yeung, J Wake... The Diabetes Educator 2010

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of integrative health (IH) coaching on psychosocial factors, behavior change, and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Fifty-six patients with type 2 diabetes were randomized to either 6 months of IH coaching or usual care (control group). Coachin...

Integrative health coaching: an organizational case study

RQ Wolever, KL Caldwell, JP Wakefield, K Little, J Gresko, A... EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing 2011

Objective The aim of this study was to describe integrative health (IH) coaching as developed in three different interventions offered through a major medical center, as a step toward further defining the field of health coaching. Study Design An organizational case study was conducted with document analysis and interviews. Settin...

Goal setting as a strategy for health behavior change

VJ Strecher, G Seijts, GJ Kok, G Latham, R Glasgow, B DeVell... Health Education \& Behavior 1995

This article discusses the beneficial effects of setting goals in health behavior change and maintenance interventions. Goal setting theory predicts that, under certain conditions, setting specific difficult goals leads to higher performance when compared with no goals or vague, nonquantitative goals, such as "do your best." In contrast t...

Identity and Legitimacy in the Emerging Profession Of Health Coaching

CB Murphy Murphy, C.B. 2015

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...