TY - JOUR
T1 - A Men's Workplace Health Intervention
T2 - Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study
AU - Johnson, Steven T.
AU - Stolp, Sean
AU - Seaton, Cherisse
AU - Sharp, Paul
AU - Caperchione, Cristina M.
AU - Bottorff, Joan L.
AU - Oliffe, John L.
AU - Jones-Bricker, Margaret
AU - Lamont, Sonia
AU - Medhurst, Kerensa
AU - Errey, Sally
AU - Healy, Theresa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Objective: To explore physical activity and eating behaviors among men following the implementation of a gender-sensitive, workplace health promotion program. Methods: Using a pre-post within-subjects design, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) was used to collect health-related information along with physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake at baseline and after 6 months. Results: At baseline, participants (N = 139) consumed 3.58 servings of fruit and vegetables/day and engaged in an average of 229.77 min/week moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). At 6 months, daily fruit/vegetable intake did not increase, whereas MVPA increased by 112.3 min/week. Conclusions: The POWERPLAY program successfully increased weekly MVPA. Engaging men in health promotion can be a challenge; here, the workplace served as a valuable environment for achieving positive change.
AB - Objective: To explore physical activity and eating behaviors among men following the implementation of a gender-sensitive, workplace health promotion program. Methods: Using a pre-post within-subjects design, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) was used to collect health-related information along with physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake at baseline and after 6 months. Results: At baseline, participants (N = 139) consumed 3.58 servings of fruit and vegetables/day and engaged in an average of 229.77 min/week moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). At 6 months, daily fruit/vegetable intake did not increase, whereas MVPA increased by 112.3 min/week. Conclusions: The POWERPLAY program successfully increased weekly MVPA. Engaging men in health promotion can be a challenge; here, the workplace served as a valuable environment for achieving positive change.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 27281710
AN - SCOPUS:84973570680
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 58
SP - 765
EP - 769
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 8
ER -