Kerry E. Evers, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Research and Product Development
kevers@prochange.com
Dr. Evers leads the development and dissemination of interactive, multimedia computerized tailored interventions using expert system technology for a variety of behaviors including stress management, bullying prevention, substance abuse avoidance, and unwanted pregnancy prevention.
She has directed Pro-Change’s work with major corporate accounts including Public Management Associates of the United Kingdom for adolescent and adult behavior change programs, with the Channing Bete Company for school-based programs, and with Healthways, Inc. for adult behavior change programs. She has published in the areas of stress management, substance use prevention, bullying prevention, sexual behavior and risk reduction, and the use of the Internet for health behavior change. In addition, she led a study of health behavior change on the Internet for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Evers, who holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Rhode Island, is adjunct faculty at URI, an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Health Promotion, and is actively involved in the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the International Society of Behavioral Medicine.
In 2008, Dr. Evers was selected by the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense as one of 50 leaders from across the country to participate in the 76th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC). In 2009 she received an invitation from the Secretary of the Air Force to attend the 56th Annual National Security Forum (NSF) at the Air War College.
Publications
Articles
Johnson, SS, Cummins, C.O., Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.M., Prochaska, J.O. (2009). Proactive health consumerism: An important new tool for worksite health promotion. American Journal of Health Promotion, 23, S1-S8.
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: Nova Science Publishers.Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.O., Van Marter, D.F., Johnson, J.L., & Prochaska, J.M. (2007). Transtheoretical-Based Bullying Prevention Effectiveness Trials In Middle Schools and High Schools. Educational Research, 49(4), 397-414.
Prochaska, J.M., Prochaska, J.O., & Evers, K.E. (in press). Stress management using the transtheoretical model. Stress Management, edited by Koji Takenaka. To be published in Japan by Yumani.
Prochaska, J.O., Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.M., Van Marter, D., & Johnson, J.L. (2007) Efficacy and effectiveness trials: examples from smoking cessation and bullying prevention. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(1), 170-178.
Wallace, L.M., Evers, K.E., Wareing, H., Dunn, O.M., Newby, K., Paiva, A., & Johnson, J.L. (2007). Informing school sex education using the stages of change construct: sexual behaviour and attitudes towards sexual activity and condom use of children aged 13-16 in England. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(1), 179-183.
Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.O., Johnson, J.L., Mauriello, L.M, Padula, J.A., & Prochaska, J.M. (2006). A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Population and Transtheoretical-Based Stress Management Intervention. Health Psychology, 25 (4), 521-529.
Johnson, J.L., Evers, K.E., Paiva, A.L., Van Marter, D.F., Prochaska, J.O., Prochaska, J.M., Mauriello, L.M., Cummins, C.O., Padula, J.A. (2006). Prevention profiles: Understanding youth who do not use substances. Addictive Behaviors, 31(9), 1593-1606.
Evers, K.E. (2006). eHealth Promotion: The use of the internet for health promotion. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20(4):suppl 1-7, iii.
Evers K.E., Cummins C.O., Prochaska J.O., & Prochaska J.M. (2005). Online Health Behavior and Disease Management Programs: Are We Ready for Them? Are They Ready for Us? Journal of Medical Internet Research 7(3), e27.
Evers, K.E. (2004). The use of the Transtheoretical Model with adolescents: Issues, interventions, and outcomes. In S. Keller & W.F. Velicer (Eds.), Research on the Transtheoretical Model: Where are we now, where are we going? (pp. 44-47). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers.
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 for health promotion and disease management. Managed Care Interface, 17(8), 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(1), 63-71.
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(1), 55-63.
Redding, C.A., Prochaska, J.O., Pallonen, U.E., Rossi, J.S., Velicer, W.F., Rossi, S.R., Greene, G.W., Meier, K.S., Evers, K.E., Plummer, BA, & Maddock, JE. (1999) Transtheoretical individualized multimedia expert systems targeting adolescents’ health behaviors. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 6, 144-153.
Evers, K.E., Harlow, L.L., Redding, C.A., & LaForge, R.G. (1998). Longitudinal changes in stages of change for condom use in women. American Journal of Health Promotion, 13 (1), 19-25.
Evers, K.E., Bishop, C.H., Gerhan, L.S., & Weisse, C.S. (1997). AIDS educator effectiveness as a function of sexual orientation and HIV status. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27 (10), 902-914.
Book Chapters
Redding, C.A., Velicer, W.F., Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.O. (2007). Preventing Postpartum Relapse: Some New Approaches to Meeting the Challenge. In Hannover, W., Roske, K., & Thyrian, J.R. (Eds.) Smoking Cessation and relapse Prevention in Women Post Partum. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Prochaska, J.M., Prochaska, J.O., Evers, K.E., & Tsuda, A. (2006). Transtheoretical-based expert systems guiding youth to have healthier, less stressful lives. In Tsuda, A., Ohya, Y, & Tanno, Y. eds., Clinical Stress Psychology, Tokyo: University of Tokyo. (Written in Japanese).
Prochaska, J.M., Prochaska, J.O., Evers, K.E., & Tsuda, A. (2006, in press). Proactive Home-based stress management using the Transtheoretical model. In Tsuda, A.& Prochaska, J.O., eds., Modern Esprit, special issue for New Practice of Stress Management, Tokyo: Shibundo. (written in Japanese).
Prochaska, J.O., Redding, C.A., & Evers, K. (2002). The Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change. In K. Glanz, B.K. Rimer & F.M. Lewis, (Eds.) Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (3rd Ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
Burkholder, G.J., & Evers, K.E. (2001). Application of the Transtheoretical Model to Several Problem Behaviors. In P. M. Burbank & D. Riebe (Eds.) Promoting Exercise and Behavior Change in Older Adults: Interventions with the Transtheoretical Model. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
