Dissemination of a community-based physical activity project: The case of 10,000 steps

Depressive symptoms associated with psychological correlates of physical activity and perceived helpfulness of intervention features

“…By using text, video, or graphical-based messaging, webbased physical activity interventions have been used to provide advice on how to fit physical activity into a daily schedule (e.g., Cook, Billings, Hersch, Back, & Hendrickson, 2007;McKay, King, Eakin, Seeley, & Glasgow, 2001), information about the physical and psychological health benefits of physical activity specifically tailored to the target audience (e.g., McKay et al, 2001), comparisons of physical activity levels of similar people (e.g., Bosak, Yates, & Pozehl, 2009), and ways to make physical activity interesting and fun (e.g., et al, 2007). Additionally, interactive and computer-tailoring technology allows webbased interventions to incorporate tools to help set effective goals to be physically active (e.g., Kelders, Van Gemert-Pijnen, Werkman, Nijland, & Seydel, 2011;Mummery, Schofield, Hinchliffe, Joyner, & Brown, 2006), provide feedback tailored specifically to a person's needs (Lustria, Cortese, Noar, & Glueckauf, 2009), and options to freely express opinions and ideas about the program (e.g., Bosak et al, 2009;Kolt et al, 2013). Although these intervention components have shown to be acceptable and effective in the general population (Davies et al, others, 2012;Vandelanotte et al, 2007), it remains unknown if people with depressive symptoms also perceive them as being helpful.…”

UWALK: the development of a multi-strategy, community-wide physical activity program

“…The UWALK program aimed to build on the success of the existing 10,000 Steps program in Australia [11,15] using a multi-strategy, multi-sector, theoryinformed, community-wide approach to promote physical activity through a single over-arching brand. Alberta, Canada, was identified as the geographical target area (population = 3,645,257; land area = 640,081.87 km 2 ; population density = 5.7 persons/km 2 , Statistics Canada, 2013) [16] for dissemination.…”

“…Additionally, the research team's previous experiences in Webbased physical activity programs guided website development [15,[31][32][33]. Gamified elements were also incorporated into the website design to enhance user enjoyment and engagement [34].…”

Knowledge Translation and Behaviour Change: Patients, Providers, and Populations

“…6,7 Regular exercise is another example of a health behaviour that has been targeted through combined personal, social, environmental, and legislative strategies. [8][9][10] Health care providers, including physiotherapists, can play an important role in public-health initiatives and help foster a healthy and supportive context.…”