NEWS

On air financial journalist and author Stacey Tisdale has enlisted the help of Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. to launch a Life Skills and Financial Literacy Program called Winning Play$.  The program will be delivered to high school students nationwide in partnership with NFL Hall of Famer, Ronnie Lott's All Stars Helping Kids Foundation. It will first be pilot tested in three Bridgeport,...

Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to complete the development and to test the effectiveness of a multiple behavior computer tailored intervention for pregnant women, Healthy Pregnancy: Step by Step. This intervention offers tailored guidance based on stage of readiness for...

To meet the demands of distance learning, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. now offers an e-Learning course titled, Basic Transtheoretical Model Training. This online course teaches coaches and other health care professionals the basic concepts and strategies needed to effectively use the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) when working with clients. The course incorporates...

In Winning Health Promotion Strategies, author Anne Marie Ludovici-Connolly shares tips, techniques, and success stories based on her experiences implementing the governor’s award-winning Get Fit Rhode Island Program, which was instrumental in Rhode Island being named the first Well State in the nation by the Wellness Councils of America. The author has gathered examples from model initiatives...

Starting in September, members of the Kent County YMCA, Warwick, Rhode Island will be offered access to Pro-Change’s award-winning suite of LifeStyle Health Behavior Change programs. As part of this pilot program, titled MyHealth at the YMCA, members will be invited to take Pro-Change’s online Health Risk Intervention (HRI) either at computer kiosks located at the YMCA or at any Internet-enabled...

Nationally-recognized personal finance expert Jean Chatzky unveiled two new programs at the FinovateSpring 2010 conference in San Francisco. The JeanChatzky Score Builder, an application developed exclusively with SmartCredit.com™ gives consumers a simple and secure way to understand their credit score and take action to improve that score in just 120 days. The Pay It Down!™ application, is an...

After an intensive evaluation and an onsite visit, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce it was officially granted a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The WBE is a nationally-accepted certification recognized by numerous private sector companies and governmental agencies. WBE Membership criteria demand...

On Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 the Nossmo Health Care Association will provide a kick-off seminar to introduce Pro-Change’s Smoking Cessation program in Japan. Speakers at the event will include Dr. Shaw Watanabe, President of Nossmo Health Care Association; Dr. Mori from the Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry, and Dr. Miyazaki from the Japanese Non-Smoking Organization. Nossmo Health Care...

Sara Johnson, Senior Vice President of Research and Product Development at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. recently presented important findings regarding multiple behavior change at the 31st annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) meeting in Seattle, Washington. As part of a symposium on multiple behavior change interventions, Dr. Johnson shared results of three NIH-funded...

Since September 2008 over 300 Maine State employees have lost 6100 pounds through a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team approach. In researching programs, the Workers Compensation Division of the State of Maine discovered the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. The Model resonated with what they knew−all individuals would not be ready to make the changes necessary to lead healthier...