Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Active Lions: A Campaign to Promote Active Travel to a University Campus

Bopp, Melissa; Sims, Dangaia; Matthews, Stephen A.; Rovniak, Liza S.; Poole, Erika Shehan; Colgan, Joanna

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“…In this respect, we demonstrate that a smartphone app can be used as a means of intervention, despite the fact that we observed similar difficulties to previous studies, such as a rather low rate of participants’ enrollment and substantial drop out of participants from the study, e.g., [ 8 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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“…Practical examples of these developments include Bopp et al [ 8 ] combining TTM and social cognitive theory targeting behavioral constructs of self-efficacy, self-regulation, outcome expectations, and processes of change. Thigpen et al [ 3 ], using the Model of Action Phases, found that travel attitudes matter more to progression toward regular commuter cycling than travel attributes, thus tentatively supporting the efficacy of soft policies focused on changing travel attitudes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Interventions using biking apps are also scarce. Wunsch et al [ 6 ] explored three persuasive strategies (a frequent biking challenge, a virtual bike tutorial, and a bike buddy program), Wunsch et al [ 7 ] tested gamification incorporated in a biking campaign, and Bopp et al [ 8 ] tested a multi-strategy intervention using an app alongside a social marketing component and social media campaign. It is worth mentioning that the merits of multi-component interventions are also not entirely warranted.…”

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Incentivizing Commuter Cycling by Financial and Non-Financial Rewards

Máca

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et al. 2020

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Current mobility patterns over-rely on transport modes that do not benefit sustainable and healthy lifestyles. To explore the potential for active mobility, we conducted a randomized experiment aimed at increasing regular commuter cycling in cities. In designing the experiment, we teamed up with developers of the “Cyclers” smartphone app to improve the effectiveness of the app by evaluating financial and non-financial motivational features. Participants in the experiment were recruited among new users of the app, and were randomly assigned to one of four different motivational treatments (smart gamification, two variants of a financial reward, and a combination of smart gamification and a financial reward) or a control group (no specific motivation). Our analysis suggests that people can be effectively motivated to engage in more frequent commuter cycling with incentives via a smartphone app. Offering small financial rewards seems to be more effective than smart gamification. A combination of both motivational treatments—smart gamification and financial rewards—may work the same or slightly better than financial rewards alone. We demonstrate that small financial rewards embedded in smartphone apps such as “Cyclers” can be effective in nudging people to commute by bike more often.

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Incentivizing Commuter Cycling by Financial and Non-Financial Rewards

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“…In the context of active transportation, smartphones can be used to provide real-time measures of travel behaviour and deliver a behaviour change intervention. One previous study used a smartphone app to promote active transport at a university campus; however, it was part of a multi-strategy campaign, thus, the effect of the app itself could not be evaluated [ 19 , 20 ]. To the best of our knowledge no study has evaluated whether a smartphone application (app) can promote active transportation.…”

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The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Alexandrou

Nyström

et al. 2018

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundThe global pandemic of physical inactivity represents a considerable public health challenge. Active transportation (i.e., walking or cycling for transport) can contribute to greater total physical activity levels. Mobile phone-based programs can promote behaviour change, but no study has evaluated whether such a program can promote active transportation in adults. This study protocol presents the design and methodology of The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI), a randomised controlled trial to promote active transportation via a smartphone application (app) with the aim to increase physical activity.Methods/designA two-arm parallel randomised controlled trial will be conducted in Stockholm County, Sweden. Two hundred fifty adults aged 20–65 years will be randomised to either monitoring of active transport via the TRavelVU app (control), or to a 3-month evidence-based behaviour change program to promote active transport and monitoring of active travel via the TRavelVU Plus app (intervention). The primary outcome is moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA in minutes/day) (ActiGraph wGT3x-BT) measured post intervention. Secondary outcomes include: time spent in active transportation measured via the TRavelVU app, perceptions about active transportation (the Transport and Physical Activity Questionnaire (TPAQ)) and health related quality of life (RAND-36). Assessments are conducted at baseline, after the completed intervention (after 3 months) and 6 months post randomisation.DiscussionSCAMPI will determine the effectiveness of a smartphone app to promote active transportation and physical activity in an adult population. If effective, the app has potential to be a low-cost intervention that can be delivered at scale.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03086837; 22 March, 2017.

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“…Recent research has outlined how social media can be used in health promotion efforts and communication for health-related programming, though reach and outcomes are still unclear ( 28 , 29 ). A recent campaign to promote active travel at a large university used social media extensively and saw widespread reach and an increased likelihood of active travel among those who had been exposed to the social media efforts ( 30 , 31 ). This indicates that social media may be evolving to become among the more far-reaching forms of communication in biking-related initiatives.…”

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Examining Capacity and Functioning of Bicycle Coalitions: A Descriptive Study

Bopp

Sims

Vairo

et al. 2017

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundBicycle coalitions represent a strong partner in creating bike-friendly communities through advocacy for physical infrastructure, encouragement for biking, or education about safety. Despite their versatility, little is known about their functioning. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine capacity, strengths, and weaknesses of these organizations.MethodsBicycle coalitions/advocacy groups from English-speaking countries were recruited to take part in an online survey via email invitation. The survey addressed basic information about the coalition (community demographics, location), leadership, communication strategies, coalition priorities, barriers to programming/activities, and partners.ResultsCoalitions (n = 56) from four countries completed the survey. Most coalitions operated as a non-profit (n = 44, 95.7%), 45% (n = 21) have paid staff as leaders, while 37% (n = 17) have volunteers as leaders. The following skills were represented in coalitions’ leadership: fundraising (n = 31, 53.4%), event planning (n = 31, 53.4%), urban planning (n = 26, 44%), and policy/legislation expertise (n = 26, 44.8%). Education (n = 26, 63.4%) and encouragement (n = 25, 61.6%) were viewed as top priorities and the safety of bicyclists (n = 21, 46.7%) and advocacy for infrastructure and policy (n = 22, 48.9%) is the focus of most activities. A lack of financial resources (n = 36, 81.8%) and capable personnel (n = 25, 56.8%) were significant barriers to offering programming in the community and that the availability of grants to address issues (n = 38, 86.4%) would be the top motivator for improvements.ConclusionBike coalitions represent a critical partner in creating activity-friendly environments and understanding their capacity allows for creating skill/capacity building intervention programs, development of effective toolkits and fostering strong collaborations to address physical inactivity.

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Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Active Lions: A Campaign to Promote Active Travel to a University Campus

Abstract: This multistrategy approach to increase active transportation on a college campus provided insight on the process of developing and implementing a campaign with the potential for impacting health behaviors among campus members.

Cited by 29 publications

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Incentivizing Commuter Cycling by Financial and Non-Financial Rewards

Incentivizing Commuter Cycling by Financial and Non-Financial Rewards

The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Examining Capacity and Functioning of Bicycle Coalitions: A Descriptive Study

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