TY - JOUR A1 - Merrill, R. A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Diehl, H. A1 - Salberg, A. A1 - Englert, Heike T1 - Can Newly Scientific Acquired Healthy Behaviors Persist? An Analysis of Health Behaviour Decay JF - Preventing Chronic Disease Y1 - 2008 SN - 1545-1151 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 13 EP - 28 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thieszen, C. A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Diehl, H. A1 - Mahoney, M. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Vermeersch, D. A1 - Englert, Heike T1 - The Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) for Lowering and Improving Psychological Health JF - Psychological Reports N2 - This study extends previous research evaluating the association between the CHIP intervention, change in body weight, and change in psychological health. A randomized controlled health intervention study lasting 4 wk. was used with 348 participants from metropolitan Rockford, Illinois; ages ranged from 24 to 81 yr. Participants were assessed at baseline, 6 wk., and 6 mo. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and three selected psychosocial measures from the SF-36 Health Survey were used. Significantly greater decreases in Body Mass Index (BMI) occurred after 6 wk. and 6 mo. follow-up for the intervention group compared with the control group, with greater decreases for participants in the overweight and obese categories. Significantly greater improvements were observed in BDI scores, role-emotional and social functioning, and mental health throughout follow-up for the intervention group. The greater the decrease in BMI through 6 wk., the better the chance of improved BDI score, role-emotional score, social functioning score, and mental health score, with odds ratios of 1.3 to 1.9. Similar results occurred through 6 mo., except the mental health variable became nonsignificant. These results indicate that the CHIP intervention significantly improved psychological health for at least six months afterwards, in part through its influence on lowering BMI. Y1 - 2011 SN - 0033-2941 VL - 109 IS - 1 SP - 338 EP - 352 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Diehl, H. A1 - Salberg, A. A1 - Merrill, R. M. A1 - Englert, Heike A1 - Jorgenson, R. T1 - Improvements in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors from Lifestyle Change: A Real World Application JF - Am J Health Promotion Y1 - 2007 SN - 0890-1171 VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 510 EP - 516 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Englert, Heike A1 - Diehl, HA. A1 - Greenlaw, RL. A1 - Willich, SN. A1 - Aldana, S. T1 - The effect of a community-based coronary risk reduction: The Rockford CHIP JF - Prev Med Y1 - 2007 SN - 1096-0260 VL - 44 SP - 513 EP - 519 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Diehl, H. A1 - Merrill, R. A1 - Salberg, A. A1 - Englert, Heike T1 - A video-based lifestyle intervention and changes in coronary risk JF - Health Education Res Y1 - 2008 SN - 0268-1153 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 115 EP - 124 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Merrill, R. A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Salberg, A. A1 - Englert, Heike T1 - Chronic disease risk reduction with a community based lifestyle change program JF - Health Education Journal Y1 - 2008 SN - 0017-8969 VL - 67 IS - 3 SP - 219 EP - 230 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aldana, S. A1 - Greenlaw, R. A1 - Englert, Heike A1 - Jackson, R. A1 - Diehl, H. T1 - Impact of the Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) on several Employee Populations JF - J Occup Environment M Y1 - 2002 SN - 1076-2752 VL - 44 SP - 9 EP - 15 ER -