Carol O. Cummins, M.L.I.S., M.Ed.
Vice President of Research and Product Development
ccummins@prochange.com
Ms. Cummins is co-investigator on National Institutes of Health-sponsored research to improve the health behaviors of college students. She leads the content development of the Proactive Health Consumer Program, as well as Pro-Change’s e-workbooks which include interactive activities designed to facilitate behavior change between full expert system interventions.
Her areas of special interest include healthy eating, weight management, smoking cessation, stress management, regular exercise, informed decision making, and the application of behavior change theory to the implementation and evaluation of continuing medical education.
She holds a B.A. from Northwestern University, a M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh, and a M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island.
Publications
Johnson, S.S., Cummins, C.O., Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.M. & Prochaska, J.O. (2009). Proactive Health Consumerism: Learning from Health Promotion and Integrating with Health Promotion. American Journal of Health Promotion.
Johnson, S.S., Cummins, C.O., & Evers, K.E. (2008). The impact of Transtheoretical Model-based multiple behavior interventions on nutrition. In N.E. Bernhardt & A.M. Kasko (Eds.) Nutrition for Middle-Aged and Elderly. (pp 195-212) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Johnson, S., Paiva, A.L., Cummins, C.O., Johnson, J.L., Dyment, S.J., Wright, J.A., Prochaska, J.O., Prochaska, J.M., & Sherman, K. (2008). Transtheoretical Model-Based Multiple Behavior Intervention for Weight Management: Effectiveness on a Population Basis. Preventive Medicine, 46, 238-246.
Johnson, J.L., Evers, K.E., Van Marter, D.F., Paiva, A.L., Prochaska, J.O., Prochaska, J.M., Cummins, C.O., & Padula, J.A.. (2006). Prevention profiles: Understanding youth who do not use substances. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 1593-1606.
Levesque, D.A., Cummins, C.O., Prochaska, J.M., & Prochaska, J.O. (2006). Stage of change for making an informed decision about Medicare health plans. Health Services Research, 41, 1372-1391.
Levesque, D.A., Cummins, C.O., Prochaska, J.M., & Prochaska, J.O. (2006). Randomized trial of stage-based interventions for informed Medicare choices. Health Care Financing Review, 27, 25-40.
Evers, K.E., Cummins, C.O., Prochaska, J.O., Prochaska, J.M. (2005). Online health behaviors and disease management programs: Are we ready for them? Are they ready for us? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7, e27.
Cummins, C.O., Evers, K.E., Johnson, J.L., Paiva, A., Prochaska, J.O., & Prochaska, J.M. (2004). Assessing stage of change and informed decision making for internet participation in health promotion and disease management. Managed Care Interface, 17, 27-32.
Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.M., Prochaska, J.O., Driskell, M.M., Cummins, C.O., Velicer, W.F. (2003). Strengths and Weaknesses of Health Behavior Change Programs on the Internet. Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 63-70.
Cummins, C.O., Prochaska, J.O., Driskell, M.M., Evers, K.E.., Wright, J.A., Prochaska, J.M., Velicer, W.F. (2003). Development of Review Criteria to Evaluate Health Behavior Change Websites. Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 55-63.
Levesque, D.L,, Prochaska, J.O., Cummins, C.O., Miranda, D. Terrell, S. (2001). Assessing Medicare Beneficiaries’ Readiness to Make Informed Health Plan Choices. Health Care Financing Review, 23, 87-104.
Evers, K,E., Cummins, C.O., Driskell, M.M., Sarkin, J.A., Prochaska, J.O., Prochaska, J.M., & Velicer, W.F. (March 2001). Impacts on health behavior change of health.com programs. West Kingston, RI: Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.
