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Wellness Works is an outreach program coordinated by the Physical Activity and Health Promotion Lab in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. The sections below provide some highlights about current programming. Click here to learn more about our team and our approach. Click here for links to student opportunities.
Current Programming Efforts
Clinical Health Coaching
The ISU Kinesiology Department has partnered with McFarland to offer Clinical Health Coaching sessions for lifestyle behavior change in addition to regular physician care. Patients are referred by their physician to engage in health coaching sessions to work on health enhancing behaviors such as increasing physical activity and healthy eating habits.
Meet the Health Coaches!
Maria Perez, Jeni Lansing, and Katy DeShaw are PhD Students within the Kinesiology Department that coordinate the Health Coaching initiatives. All three are Trained Clinical Health Coaches through the Iowa Chronic Care Consortium.
Health Coaching Opportunities
The Wellness Works team has been managing an ongoing participatory project called the Health Coach Study that provides opportunities for individuals (and employees at partner companies) to receive health coaching by trained ISU students. Click here for information on past projects.
The team recently completed a new study called the Fitbit Study that provided individuals with the opportunity to wear a Fitbit for 3 months as part of a behavior change program. Participants were trained by the coaches to set their own goals and monitored their progress in becoming more physically active!
Click on the link below to read more about our health coaching applications and any new opportunities.
The team recently completed a new study called the Fitbit Study that provided individuals with the opportunity to wear a Fitbit for 3 months as part of a behavior change program. Participants were trained by the coaches to set their own goals and monitored their progress in becoming more physically active!
Click on the link below to read more about our health coaching applications and any new opportunities.
Worksite Wellness Support (BSDI)
Our Wellness Works team has established a collaborative education/research partnership with BSDI (www.BSDIweb.com) that enables us to provide employees at local companies with access to the powerful BSDI worksite wellness programming tool along with the Motivation Alliance suite of programs.
The software enables employees within a participating company to set up and monitor health data and track efforts to change lifestyle behaviors. Click here for additional information about how to enroll your company.
The software enables employees within a participating company to set up and monitor health data and track efforts to change lifestyle behaviors. Click here for additional information about how to enroll your company.
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