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Pro-Change and Orbis Partner to Distribute the RAYS Juvenile Justice Program
Orbis Partners, Inc. and Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. have signed a three-year contract to have Orbis distribute Pro-Change's juvenile justice program, Rise Above Your Situation (RAYS). Orbis will also provide training to probation officers and counselors to facilitate the use of the program. The RAYS program is designed as an adjunct to traditional juvenile justice programs. It is a...
Pro-Change Recertified as a Women’s Business Enterprise
After an intensive evaluation and an onsite visit last year, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce it was officially recertified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) 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...
Pro-Change’s James and Janice Prochaska in the 4th Edition of Health Promotion in the Workplace
Health Promotion in the Workplace: Improving Awareness, Enhancing Motivation, Building Skills, and Creating Opportunities, edited by Michael P. O'Donnell, MBA, MPH, PhD, is a collaborative effort of the top health promotion scientists and practitioners in the field. James O. Prochaska, PhD, Founder of Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., and Janice M. Prochaska, PhD, President and CEO, contributed...
Pro-Change’s Multiple Behavior Change Work Featured in Journal and Upcoming Webinar
Kerry E. Evers, PhD; Sara Johnson, PhD; Patty Castle, PhD "The Coaction Issue" of The Art of Health Promotion was just published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. It includes three articles co-authored by Pro-Change Behavior System's Sara Johnson, PhD, Kerry Evers, PhD, and Patricia Castle, PhD. The articles summarize and highlight several recent advances in multiple behavior change...
Three Pro-Change Staff to Present at the 25th Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference
"What's Next for Health Promotion? What New Approaches Will Produce the Best Outcomes" is the title of the 25th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference in San Diego, CA from March 30th to April 3rd. Kerry E. Evers, PhD, Senior Vice President at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., will present on "Disruptive Technology: Help or Hindrance?" The focus will be on how to best integrate...
Sara Johnson Ranked in the Top 10 of WELCOA’s Health Promotion Professionals
Sara Johnson, PhD, Senior Vice President at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., has been ranked in the Top 10 of WELCOA's Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals. Out of 210 nominees, 100 were chosen as the best of the best, then 10 were scored in the upper echelon by an elite judging panel of health promotion leaders. It was Sara's vision for the future of health promotion, her leadership, and...
Pro-Change’s Dr. Evers Highlighted in Forthcoming Book
Gurunath Hari, author of the 2014 book The 6 Dimensions: Overcome Presenteeism--Excel in Work and Life, acknowledges and thanks in his introduction, Dr. Kerry Evers for providing him with critical support in identifying the key factors of presenteeism in the workplace. Presenteeism has been called "working while unwell" and is meant to refer to the lack of productivity and costs to the...
Pro-Change Awarded Grant to Develop a Pain Intervention for Veterans
A Phase I Small Business Intervention Research grant has been awarded to Pro-Change Behavior Systems by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). An online, mobile-optimized interactive pain self-management program for chronic musculoskeletal pain will be developed for veterans that: 1) provides feedback matched to an individual's readiness to use helpful pain coping...
Pro-Change signs strategic partnership with GetWellNetwork
GetWellNetwork®, Inc., the leader in Interactive Patient Care™ (IPC) solutions has signed a strategic partnership with Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. The partnership is an extension of GetWell Labs™, a research and development initiative that serves as an incubator for disruptive patient and family engagement technologies. GetWellNetwork will incorporate Pro-Change's...
Pro-Change Programs Recognized in Employee Benefit News
South Kingstown, RI. (October 23, 2014) John Kaegi, Chief Strategist for Healthstat, Inc., and Sara Johnson PhD, Senior Vice President of Research and Product Development for Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., recently published a paper in Employee Benefit News on the “4 Elements of a Well-Designed Wellness Program.” They state that well-designed wellness programs should include: 1. Assessment...