Health Coaching Changes Lives.
For more information on how health coaching is being used to transform patient care, check out the resources below.
Bringing Health Coaching to Health Care: (Updated July 2022)
VHCP Director, Ruth Wolever, PhD, NBC-HWC, shares insights from Meharry-Vanderbilt Health Coach Training Program:
Health Coaching with Veterans:
Health Coaching in the Research:
- Abu Dabrh, A. and Perlman, Adam I. Health and Wellness Coaching in Serving the Needs of Today's Patients: A Primer for Healthcare Professionals. Glob Adv Health Med. 2020; 9: 2164956120959274. Published online 2020 Sep 21. doi: 10.1177/2164956120959274.
- Willard-Grace, Rachel, Chirinos, Chris, et.al. Lay Health Coaching to Increase Appropriate Inhaler Use in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2020, 18 (1) 5-14; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2461
- Wolever, R.Q., Jordan, M., Lawson, K. et al. Advancing a new evidence-based professional in health care: job task analysis for health and wellness coaches. BMC Health Serv Res 16, 205 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1465-8
- Wolever, R. Q., Yang, Q., Maldonado, C. J., Armitage, N. H., et.al. (2022) Health Coaching & Genetic Risk Testing in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001183
Health Coaching in the Press:
- December 2020: The Rise of Health Coaching in The Washington Post
- January 2020: Health Coaching in The New York Times
- October 2019: Category III CPT Codes for Coaching Release