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Armstrong, C., Wolever, R. Q., Manning, L., Elam, R., Moore, M., Frates, E. P., Duskey, H., Anderson, C., Curtis, R. L., Masemer, S., & Lawson, K. (2013). Group health coaching: strengths, challenges, and next steps. Global advances in health and medicine, 2(3), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.019
Armstrong, Colin, et al. "Group health coaching: strengths, challenges, and next steps." Global advances in health and medicine vol. 2,3 (2013): 95-102. doi: https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.019
Armstrong C, Wolever RQ, Manning L, Elam R, Moore M, Frates EP, Duskey H, Anderson C, Curtis RL, Masemer S, Lawson K. Group health coaching: strengths, challenges, and next steps. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 May;2(3):95-102. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.019. PMID: 24416678; PMCID: PMC3833535.
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Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 May;2(3):95-102. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.019.

Group health coaching: strengths, challenges, and next steps.

Global advances in health and medicine

Colin Armstrong, Ruth Q Wolever, Linda Manning, Roy Elam, Margaret Moore, Elizabeth Pegg Frates, Heidi Duskey, Chelsea Anderson, Rebecca L Curtis, Susan Masemer, Karen Lawson

Affiliations

  1. Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness & Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
  2. Duke Integrative Medicine, Duke Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
  3. Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health & Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, United States.
  4. Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health, United States.
  5. Wellcoaches Corp, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.
  6. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
  7. Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, Massachusetts, United States.
  8. Medica Health Plan, Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States.
  9. Take Courage Coaching, Bozeman, Montana, United States.
  10. Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
  11. University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, Minneapolis, United States.

PMID: 24416678 PMCID: PMC3833535 DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.019

Abstract

There is great need for cost effective approaches to increase patient engagement and improve health and well-being. Health and wellness coaching has recently demonstrated great promise, but the majority of studies to date have focused on individual coaching (ie, one coach with one client). Newer initiatives are bringing a group coaching model from corporate leadership development and educational settings into the healthcare arena. A group approach potentially increases cost-effective access to a larger number of clients and brings the possible additional benefit of group support. This article highlights some of the group coaching approaches currently being conducted across the United States. The group coaching interventions included in this overview are offered by a variety of academic and private sector institutions, use both telephonic and in-person coaching, and are facilitated by professionally trained health and wellness coaches as well as trained peer coaches. Strengths and challenges experienced in these efforts are summarized, as are recommendations to address those challenges. A working definition of "Group Health and Wellness Coaching" is proposed, and important next steps for research and for the training of group coaches are presented.

Keywords: Group health coaching; group treatment; health behavior change; optimizing health; patient empowerment; patient engagement; peer coaching; well-being; wellness coaching

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