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Dr. Liana Lianov is a physician and public health expert specializing in lifestyle medicine and wellness promotion.
Known for: Wellness Research Methods for Practitioners: Designing Community Evaluations
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Wellness Research Methods for Practitioners: Designing Community Evaluations
Many wellness programs are full of good intentions but short on credible evidence. In Wellness Research Methods for Practitioners: Designing Community Evaluations, Liana Lianov addresses that gap by giving health promotion professionals a practical roadmap for evaluating real-world wellness initiatives in communities, workplaces, and population health settings. Rather than treating research as an academic exercise reserved for universities, the book shows practitioners how to design evaluations that are useful, ethical, feasible, and grounded in everyday practice. Lianov’s central contribution is to translate research methods into language and tools that frontline wellness leaders can actually use. She explains how to engage stakeholders, define meaningful outcomes, choose appropriate data collection methods, analyze findings, and communicate results in ways that improve programs instead of merely reporting on them. The emphasis on participatory evaluation is especially important in community settings, where trust, relevance, and cultural fit often determine whether a program succeeds. As a physician, public health expert, and leader in lifestyle medicine, Lianov brings both scientific credibility and practical insight. This book matters because it helps practitioners prove impact, learn continuously, and build wellness programs that are not only inspiring, but also accountable and effective.
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Foundations of Wellness Research and Ethics
Good evaluation begins long before the first survey is distributed. Lianov makes the important point that wellness research is not just about measuring outcomes; it is about doing so in a way that respects people, protects communities, and produces trustworthy knowledge. In health promotion, practit...
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Participatory Research Builds Stronger Programs
The most effective wellness evaluations are rarely designed in isolation. One of Lianov’s most powerful ideas is that communities should not be treated as passive subjects of research, but as active partners in defining what wellness means and how success should be measured. Participatory research s...
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Defining Measurable Wellness Outcomes Clearly
If a program cannot define success, it cannot convincingly demonstrate impact. Lianov stresses that one of the biggest challenges in wellness evaluation is translating broad aspirations such as thriving, resilience, or healthy living into measurable outcomes. Practitioners often know what they hope ...
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Choosing Practical Evaluation Designs That Fit
Perfect research designs are often impossible in real-world wellness settings. Lianov’s pragmatic message is that useful evaluation does not require academic perfection; it requires thoughtful alignment between the program, the setting, and the question being asked. The right design is the one that ...
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Collecting and Analyzing Useful Program Data
Data are only valuable when they are both meaningful and manageable. Lianov helps practitioners move beyond the vague ambition to collect data and toward a disciplined process of gathering information that genuinely informs decisions. In wellness settings, the challenge is often not too little data,...
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Using Mixed Methods for Deeper Insight
Numbers tell you whether change happened; stories help explain why. One of the most practical insights in Lianov’s work is the value of mixed methods evaluation, which combines quantitative and qualitative approaches to create a richer understanding of wellness programs. In community health, outcome...
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About Liana Lianov
Dr. Liana Lianov is a physician and public health expert specializing in lifestyle medicine and wellness promotion. She has served in leadership roles at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and has authored numerous works on health behavior change and community wellness.
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