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Williams RB, Williams VP. Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience. Transl Behav Med. 2011;1(2):303-12doi: 10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6.
Williams, R. B., & Williams, V. P. (2011). Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience. Translational behavioral medicine, 1(2), 303-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6
Williams, Redford B, and Williams, Virginia P. "Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience." Translational behavioral medicine vol. 1,2 (2011): 303-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6
Williams RB, Williams VP. Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience. Transl Behav Med. 2011 Jun;1(2):303-12. doi: 10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6. PMID: 24073053; PMCID: PMC3717644.
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Transl Behav Med. 2011 Jun;1(2):303-12. doi: 10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6.

Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience.

Translational behavioral medicine

Redford B Williams, Virginia P Williams

Affiliations

  1. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA.

PMID: 24073053 PMCID: PMC3717644 DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0030-6

Abstract

Epidemiological research has documented the health-damaging effects of psychosocial factors like hostility, depression, anxiety, job stress, social isolation and low socioeconomic status. Several studies suggest that behavioral interventions can reduce levels of these psychosocial factors. Herein we describe the translational process whereby the Williams LifeSkills® (WLS(®)) program and products for reducing psychosocial risk factors have been developed and tested in clinical trials in the U.S. and Canada and then adapted for other cultures and tested in clinical trials in other countries around the world. Evidence from published controlled and observational trials of WLS(®) products in the U.S. and elsewhere shows that persons receiving coping skills training using WLS(®) products have consistently reported reduced levels of psychosocial risk factors. In two controlled trials, one for caregivers of a relative with Alzheimer's Disease in the U.S. and one for coronary bypass surgery patients in Singapore, WLS(®) training also produced clinically significant blood pressure reductions. In conclusion, WLS(®) products have been shown in controlled and observational trials to produce reduced levels of both psychosocial and cardiovascular stress indices. Ongoing research has the potential to show that WLS(®) products can be an effective vehicle for the delivery of stress reduction and mental health services in developing countries.

Keywords: Behavioral interventions; Biological mechanisms; Psychosocial stress factors; Translational research; Williams LifeSkills

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