Publications and Research

 Get Healthy Services Evaluation Report 5 years

O'Hara B J, Phongsavan P, McGill B, Maxwell M, Ahmed N, Raheb S, Bauman AE. The NSW Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service: the first five years. North Sydney: NSW Ministry of Health & Prevention Research Collaboration, University of Sydney, 2014

Research

Get Healthy in Pregnancy

• Rissel et al. Piloting a telephone based health coaching program for Pregnant women: A mixed methods study.Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2019.
• O’Hara BJ, Phongsavan P, Eakin EG, Develin E, Smith J, Greenaway M, Bauman AE. Effectiveness of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service: maintenance of self-reported anthropometric and behavioural changes after program completion. BMC Public Health 2013 13:175.
• O’Hara BJ, Bauman AE, Phongsavan P. Using mass-media communications to increase population usage of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:762.

Gestational Weight Gain 

• Clements et al.,Pragmatic cluster randomised trial of a free telephone-based health coaching program to support women in managing weight gain during pregnancy: the Get Healthy in Pregnancy Trial.  BMC Health Service Research. 2016.

Get Healthy Service

• O’Hara BJ, Phongsavan P, Banovic D, Bauman AE. The story of the NSW Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service: An effective population health service with public health impact and reach. Ministry of Health and Prevention Research Collaboration: University of Sydney, 2012.
• O’Hara BJ, Bauman AE, King L, Phongsavan P. Process evaluation of the advertising campaign for the NSW Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2011: 22(1).
• O’Hara et al. Characteristics of participant in Australia’s Get Healthy telephone-based lifestyle information and coaching service: reaching disadvantaged communities and those most at need. Health Education Research 2011.

Cancer

• Lawler et al., Get Healthy after Breast Cancer - examining the feasibility, acceptability and outcomes of referring breast cancer survivors to a general population telephone-delivered program targeting physical activity, healthy diet and weight loss. Support Care Cancer. DOI 10.1007/s00520-017-3599-6. 25:1953-1962. 2017.

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Reduction

• Cranney et al., Telephone based coaching for adults at risk of diabetes: impact of Australia’s Get Healthy Service. Society of Behavioural medicine, 2019

Chinese Coaching

• Cranney et al., Formative research to promote the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS) in the Australian-Chinese community. Australia Journal or Primary Health. 2018

Mental Health

• Fehily et al.,Evaluating the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle clinician in addressing the chronic disease risk behaviours of community mental health clients: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.  Biomed Central, 2017.

Aboriginal Communities

• Quinn et al., Enhancing the get healthy information and coaching service for Aboriginal adults: evaluation of the process and impact of the program. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017.
• Winch et al.,The reach and flow of health information in two Aboriginal communities. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2016.

General Practice

• O’Hara BJ, Phongsavan P, Rissel C, Hardy LL, Zander A, Greenaway M, Bauman AE. Role of general practice in the utilisation of the NSW Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service. Australian Journal of Primary Health Research 2014; Jan 24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY13154.