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Pro-Change director Sara Johnson, Ph.D. was recently invited to present a full-day workshop for IBM’s Global Well-being Services and Health Benefits Division. The workshop outlined strategic approaches to elicit employee behavior change and drive smarter, more cost-effective use of health services and greater attention to healthy living. Attendees reviewed a definition of “proactive health...

Tailoring Information Therapy: Applying Next-Generation Analytics and Behavior Change Theory was the key note address delivered by James O. Prochaska, Ph.D., Founder of Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. at the sixth Annual Information Therapy Conference in Park City, Utah. The science for how we tailor interventions, target health information, and engage consumers is expanding rapidly. Dr....

Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. received a Tibbetts Award in recognition of significant achievements involving technological innovation related to the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR). Pro-Change President & CEO, Janice M. Prochaska, accepted the award at a ceremony in Washington, D. C. on October 10, 2007. Pro-Change was selected for its outstanding SBIR research,...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Pro-Change a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a computer-based healthy pregnancy program for underserved pregnant women. The program will offer tailored advice on smoking cessation and maintenance, stress management, and healthy eating. Dr. Leanne Mauriello, Principal Investigator, is leading...

HealthString signed a contract with Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. to license seven online Transtheoretical Model health behavior change programs: stress management, weight management, depression prevention, exercising regularly, smoking cessation, and managing high blood pressure and managing high cholesterol through medication adherence, diet, and exercise. HealthString is a secure, online,...

A study done at Oregon Health & Science University demonstrated that Motivational Interviewing and Pro-Change’s LifeStyle online programs produced significant multiple behavior changes. A total of 25.2% of eligible employees were recruited for the online Pro-Change interventions. Quality Health Solutions brokered the collaboration of Pro-Change, OHSU, and the University of Rhode Island for...

Pro-Change has completed a Phase 2 NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for Depression Prevention. Research Findings: Nine hundred and two adults at risk for depression were recruited from primary care waiting rooms and by telephone. The treatment group received a stage-based manual and an individualized printed report in the mail at baseline, and additional individualized reports...

Ten years ago today, Pro-Change began as a company with its first contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS).