HealthChange® Methodology (HCM) has been used by numerous research teams over the years to:

• develop person-centred protocols for the delivery of research-based health interventions
• identify and help staff communicate key health literacy messages to research participants
• train, upskill and audit clinical staff in the use of HCM
• develop consultation scripts and documentation
• align patient education materials to HCM
• provide and support a structure for ongoing skills development and community of practice.

Watch this 20 minute conference presentation outlining the challenges and potential solutions to improve knowledge translation of science into clinical practice.

Some Selected Partnerships and Publications

Deakin University: Healthy Pregnancy Study (HIPP)

Skouteris, H., McCabe, M., Milgron, J., Kent, B., Bruce, L., Mihalopoulos, C., Herring, S., Barnett, M., Patterson, D., Teale, G., & Gale, J. (2012), Protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a specialised health coaching intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention in women: the HIPP study. BMC Public Health, 12:78  Link

Hill, B., Skouteris, H., McCabe, M., Milgrom, J., Kent, B., Herring, S., Hartley-Clark, L., Gale, J. (2013). A Conceptual Model of Risk and Protective Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain. Midwifery, 29, 110-114   Link

The University of Melbourne: Diabetic Retinopathy Study

Feedback of personal retinal images appears to have a motivational impact in people with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and suboptimal HbA_1c: findings of a pilot study