NEWS

Pro-Change was recently tapped by HERO to act as lead research analyst on the recently launched HERO Scorecard Engagement and Retention Study. They will work closely with a multidisciplinary team of experts, including MRA, Inc. who is acting as a consulting statistician, the Institute for Positive Organizational Health, which will conduct a literature review to inform the study, and the HERO...

Pro-Change is proud to announce that we have once again been awarded NCQA Wellness and Health Promotion (WHP) Certification for our Health Risk Intervention (a Health Risk Assessment plus Intervention) and Self-Management Tools (Exercise, Healthy Eating, Weight Management, Smoking Cessation, Stress Management, Depression Prevention, and Responsible Drinking). The Health Risk Intervention (HRI)...

Official Release: This month, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology updated clinical guidelines for diagnosing and treating hypertension. These are the new categories for blood pressure: Elevated Blood Pressure is a reading of 120-129 systolic AND less than 80 diastolic. For adults with elevated blood pressure, healthy lifestyle changes and re-assessment in 3-6...

Pro-Change is proud to announce our membership in the True Health Initiative. With the support of members, such as the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and American College of Preventive Medicine, the True Health Initiative envisions a world with less chronic disease and supports individuals and communities in directing their resources toward that goal. Pro-Change and the True Health...

Mentor, colleague, friend Wayne Velicer, an early principle of Pro-Change and one of the principal developers of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, passed away on October 15. Wayne was Co-Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center (CPRC), Professor of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island and a world-renowned expert in health psychology and behavioral statistics. We...

Our treasured friend and colleague Julie Padula passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on August 23, 2017. Julie was our Senior Manager of Operations and had been with Pro-Change since 1999. She took a brief hiatus to share her talents with University of Connecticut Office of Research Compliance as they developed conflict of interest and export control policies. While she enjoyed her time at...

  Pro-Change is pleased to announce Sara Johnson’s podcast interview with Redesigning Wellness founder Jennifer Arnold. Jennifer founded the company to help HR and wellness professionals implement effective worksite wellness programs, and to talk about what works and doesn’t work with traditional worksite wellness programming. Redesigning Wellness podcasts give listeners the opportunity to...