Established in 1984 Data management, program evaluation, outcomes measurement, research design, statistical analysis Stress-management materials, workshops & consulting Publishing
When we incorporated our Preventive Measures in 1984, our primary purpose was to market and sell our Computerized Stress Inventory (CSI), a stress and coping "check-up" that provides respondents with individualized feedback on their stresses and strengths, including suggestions for positive change. Over the years, we developed two additional versions of this assessment instrument, the Brief CSI and the Quick CSI. We also developed an Australian version in conjunction with the Queensland developed an Australian version in conjunction with the Queensland Teachers' Union Health Society.
Our accompanying stress-management book, Stress? Find Your Balance, was originally published by a small Denver publisher. A couple of years later, when that publishing company went out of business, we bought back the rights to the book and all that remained of the original 10,000 copies.

We revised the book in 1988 and have since printed and sold another 40,000 copies. An Australian edition was published in 1994 by Stresstrac. Our newly revised fourth edition of Stress? Find Your Balance (2006) is now available through online and retail bookstores, and we are expanding our publishing business though our new imprint, PMI Books.

In 1998, we again expanded the scope of Preventive Measures' activity to incorporate our data and research services when we relocated ourselves and our business to Boulder, CO. Preventive Measures offers a full range of data management, program evaluation and research design services, customized to meet the needs of our clients. Services we provide include designing customized database applications, creating data management systems, developing customized questionnaires, surveys or other instruments, and designing and conducting studies to determine how well a program or business is meeting its goals.

Despite all this activity, Preventive Measures is a truly small business, run by two people who have simultaneously worked at university teaching and research and in community social programs. Whenever we describe the scope of our business activity, we are reminded of a scruffy young man who stopped by our house in the country one afternoon in the late 1970s to drop off his business card, which read "Zen Buddhism and vinyl repair." If the connection isn't obvious, read more of our material. We think you'll agree.

Allan N. Press, Ph.D.	Lynn Osterkamp, Ph.D.,M.S.W.
B.S. in math, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A. & Ph.D. in social and research psychology, Clark University.	20+ years experience in social programs, training and research. Served on national, regional and local boards and committees evaluating programs and policies.
20+ years experience as a university faculty member teaching comprehensive research and statistics courses to doctoral and masters students.	Experienced researcher with qualitative and quantitative analysis skills. 13+ years experience as a university research associate.
Data management, research, statistical analysis, database programming, and dissemination in a variety of agency and business settings.	Skilled writer.  Over 20 popular and scholarly published articles, books & manuals, as well as 7+ years writing and editing national professional newsletters.
Skilled researcher, specializing in quantitative research skills. Over 50 scholarly articles, book chapters, and invited presentations.	As a grant writer, generated over $175,000 of funded projects individually, and also served as a team member acquiring large training and research grants.
Experienced in developing computer-aided assessments, computer-aided learning, and web-based trainings.	Over 20 papers presented at national professional conferences.