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Anne Marie Ludovici-Connolly has over 30 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. From 2005 to 2008, Ludovici-Connolly served as director of the Governor’s Get Fit Rhode Island program, a statewide wellness initiative. She conducted a wide range of research projects and also developed and taught various health and wellness courses for the University of Rhode Island. She was owner and operator of Wakefield Health and Fitness for eight years. She is currently a national senior consultant and subject matter expert in health and productivity for Hewitt Associates, a global HR consulting and outsourcing company, and also serves as a scholar in residence at the University of Rhode Island’s Cancer Prevention Research Center, home of the transtheoretical model of behavior change.

Ludovici-Connolly earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from the University of Rhode Island in 1982 and her master’s degree in the psychosocial aspects of exercise physiology from the University of Rhode Island in 2002. She is an ACSM-certified health fitness specialist and has served on the committees of numerous national and state organizations, including IDEA, IHRSA, the Medical Wellness Association, and the National Association for Health and Wellness. She was named IDEA’s Northeast Region Aerobic Instructor of the Year in 1989 and was given the Wellness Inspiration Award by Discover Wellness in 2007.

Ludovici-Connolly lives in Wakefield, Rhode Island. In her free time she enjoys music, traveling and skiing with her family, cooking, and exercising.

Winning Health Promotion Strategies has everything you need to design, implement, and evaluate wellness programs in school, community, or worksite settings. The book‘s 55 programs address physical activity, nutrition, and preventive care. It offers information on benefits of wellness programming that will help you gain support for your programs.

Part I: Understanding Wellness Initiatives

Chapter 1: Making Wellness Work in Various Settings

Chapter 2: Developing Successful Wellness Initiatives

Chapter 3: Creating Engaging Wellness Initiatives

Chapter 4: Improving and Expanding Existing Wellness Initiatives

Part II: Winning Wellness Programs

Chapter 5: Physical Activity Programs

Chapter 6: Nutrition Programs

Chapter 7: General Health and Prevention Programs