Jovia Coach

Use of Jovia Coach program requires a program code. Please contact your benefits manager to see if Jovia Coach program is an offered benefit.

Jovia Coach harnesses mobile technology alongside empathetic human coaching to effectively deliver preventive programs at scale for to populations at risk for type 2 diabetes. Our mobile app, web-based dashboard, and live coaches work in harmony to support at-risk populations as they adopt the dietary, lifestyle and physical activity habits to help prevent diabetes, enhance health, increase productivity and reduce the overall cost of care.

Program participants have the convenience of engaging with Philips’ behavior change programs wherever they go. Via the app, users learn foundational skills complete skill-reinforcing challenges, and log meals and physical activity. In addition, user interact with a lifestyle coach who provides motivation and a peer group which provide support.

Jovia Coach program is aimed at driving meaningful weight loss, improving diet and increasing physical activity (as outlined by the CDC) specifically 5% weight loss to prevent onset of diabetes
• Includes a 16-week core curriculum based on the CDC’s National Diabetes
• Prevention Program. During this program:
• Participants will receive articles and challenges daily
• Coaches will interact with participants daily - either through 1:1 messaging, group messaging, or both
• Coach calls with participants are typically 15-30 minutes in duration. Frequency of calls are determined by the coach and participant during the first call.
• Coach time spent per participant varies based on the preferences and needs of the individual throughout each week of the program
• 8-month post core program designed to maintain and sustain the behavior changes

Why Jovia Coach?

The program includes:
• In-app support, personalized guidance & motivation from a lifestyle coach
• Real-time in-app support, personalized guidance & motivation from a lifestyle coach
o Dynamic Messaging: one-on-one with their coach and their group
o Custom tasks, content and challenges from their coach for personalized support
• In-App support from a group of their peers dynamic Messaging: one-on-one with their coach and their group
• In-app food tracking tool with a food database of over 700,000 branded and generic foods, along with 3.7 million unique food portions
• Red-yellow-green color coding system based on the CDC standards and caloric density to educate participants at every meal
• Physical activity tracking through in app pedometer, manual exercise logging
• A structured program of daily content based on the CDC’s NDPP curriculum
• Skill building tasks and challenges to help them make healthier choices
• 24/7 real-time and automated nudges via Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Structured short-form curriculum appropriate for the pre-chronic condition which includes tasks and challenges designed to build skills and drive meaningful behavior change