Facilitated Health Coaching Research
Research on facilitated health coaching evolved from a foundational project called the Health Coach Study that provided opportunities for graduate students to work on creative applications to build and test interventions with activity monitors. The series of studies relied on the availability of trained health coaches so this led to the development and refinement of a health coaching training course. Programming and course development were led by 3 Ph.D. students from the Department (Katy DeShaw, Jeni Lansing and Maria Perez). Subsequent dissertation research by Katy DeShaw documented the scientific basis of the training model and helped to establish a formalized practicum course in the Department (KIN 4940A/B Practicum in Motivational Interviewing) which provides students with the foundational theory of MI along with opportunities to practice and refine the skill. The course was later adapted for delivery online and is now available for broader adoption through Workday Learning. This online version is managed through the ISU Translational Research Network (See Link for details). Facilitated health coaching is used in several projects in the lab including the statewide dissemination of the Walk with Ease project.
Published Papers
- DeShaw, K. J., Ellingson, L. D., Lansing, J. E., Perez, M. L., Wolff, M., & Welk, G. J. (2022). Process and impact evaluation of a practicum in motivational interviewing. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 1-11.
- DeShaw, K. J., Lansing, J. E., Perez, M. L., Ellingson, L. D., & Welk, G. J. (2022). Effects of a peer health coaching program on college student lifestyle behaviors. Journal of American College Health, 1-8.
- DeShaw, K. J., Ellingson, L. D., Liechty, L., McLoughlin, G. M., & Welk, G. J. (2021). Brief Motivational Interviewing Training for Outreach in School Health Programming. American Journal of Health Studies, 36(1).
- Ellingson, L.D, Lansing, J.E., Perez, M.L., DeShaw, K.J., Meyer, M.D. & Welk, G.J. (2021). Facilitated health coaching improves activity level and chronic low back pain symptoms. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.
- Ellingson, L. D., Lansing, J. E., DeShaw, K. J., Peyer, K. L., Bai, Y., Perez, M., ... & Welk, G. J. (2019). Evaluating Motivational Interviewing and Habit Formation to Enhance the Effect of Activity Trackers on Healthy Adults’ Activity Levels: Randomized Intervention. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(2), e10988.
- Bus, K., Peyer, K. L., Bai, Y., Ellingson, L. D., & Welk, G. J. (2017). Comparison of In-Person and Online Motivational Interviewing–Based Health Coaching. Health promotion practice, , 19 (4), 513-521.
- Peyer, K. L., Ellingson, L. D., Bus, K., Walsh, S. A., Franke, W. D., & Welk, G. J. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of guided weight loss and physical activity monitoring for weight loss and metabolic risks: A pilot study. Preventive Medicine Reports, 6, 271-277
Foundational Student Projects (MS Students)
Validity of the Bodymedia Weight Management Software
o Thesis study: Nettie McGuire - Handsaker
Bonsante Weight Loss Pilot Project
o Thesis study (Clinical Outcomes): Sarah Walsh
o Thesis study (Behavioral Outcomes): Katie Paulson
o Thesis study(6 month follow up evaluation): Sarah Davis
Evaluation of Bodymedia ProConnect Software and Virtual Health Coaching
o Thesis study: Molly Webb
o Thesis study Erin Nelson
Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Health Coaching for Behavior Change
o Thesis study Katie Bus
o Thesis study: Nettie McGuire - Handsaker
Bonsante Weight Loss Pilot Project
o Thesis study (Clinical Outcomes): Sarah Walsh
o Thesis study (Behavioral Outcomes): Katie Paulson
o Thesis study(6 month follow up evaluation): Sarah Davis
Evaluation of Bodymedia ProConnect Software and Virtual Health Coaching
o Thesis study: Molly Webb
o Thesis study Erin Nelson
Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Health Coaching for Behavior Change
o Thesis study Katie Bus