Interventions for promoting physical activity

Hillsdon, Melvyn; Foster, Charlie; Thorogood, Margaret

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“…(Colin) The skill base of the practitioner and their ability to interact with the participants on a personal and social level was also highlighted during one of the older men's (55+ This notion of the empathic and caring practitioner is noted by Hillsdon,43 who noted that the knowledge base of practitioners is central in gaining trust and co-operation from patients. Similarly, noted that the ability to emphasise practitioner control over the exercise supported the cooperation and trust issues that brought about adherence and therefore life changes in this instance occurring within participants of EAFC.…”

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Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club

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“…1,2 Intervention programs aimed at changing activity and eating behaviors range from individual-level approaches to community-wide campaigns in a variety of settings, with generally small to moderate effects on physical activity, diet, and weight loss. 3 Reasons for the lack of substantial impact have been postulated as a lack in effectiveness, reach, and sustainability. 3 A growing area of research has been the incorporation of eHealth technologies to allow for more individualized behavior change interventions.…”

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“…3 Reasons for the lack of substantial impact have been postulated as a lack in effectiveness, reach, and sustainability. 3 A growing area of research has been the incorporation of eHealth technologies to allow for more individualized behavior change interventions. 4-6 The term "eHealth" has become increasingly common with the proliferation of the Internet and the ability to provide access to a broad range of health information.…”

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A Review of eHealth Interventions for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change

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Zabinski

Adams

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American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Objective-To review eHealth intervention studies for adults and children that targeted behavior change for physical activity, healthy eating, or both behaviors.Data Sources-Systematic literature searches were performed using five databases: Medline, PsychInfo, CINAHL, ERIC, and the Cochrane Library to retrieve articles. Study Inclusion and ExclusionCriteria-Articles published in scientific journals were included if they evaluated an intervention for physical activity and/or dietary behaviors, or focused on weight loss; used randomized or quasi-experimental designs; measured outcomes at baseline and a follow-up period; and included an intervention where participants interacted with some type of electronic technology either as the main intervention or an adjunct component. All studies were published between 2000 and 2005.Results-Eighty-six publications were initially identified, of which 49 met the inclusion criteria (13 physical activity publications, 16 dietary behaviors publications, and 20 weight loss or both physical activity and diet publications), and represented 47 different studies. Studies were described on multiple dimensions, including sample characteristics, design, intervention, measures, and results. eHealth interventions were superior to comparison groups for 21/41 (51%) studies (3 physical activity, 7 diet, 11 weight loss/physical activity and diet). Twenty-four studies had indeterminate results, and in four studies the comparison conditions outperformed eHealth interventions.Conclusions-Published studies of eHealth interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change are in their infancy. Results indicated mixed findings related to the effectiveness of eHealth interventions. Interventions that feature interactive technologies need to be refined and more rigorously evaluated to fully determine their potential as tools to facilitate health behavior change.

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“…Hillsdon, Foster, and Thorogood [27] synthesized across only 11 primary studies with healthy adults that reported PA outcomes. Conn et al [11] synthesized intervention studies conducted with healthy and chronically ill aging adults.…”

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Meta-analysis of patient education interventions to increase physical activity among chronically ill adults

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Hafdahl²,

Brown

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Patient Education and Counseling

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Objective-This meta-analysis integrates primary research testing the effect of patient education to increase physical activity (PA) on behavior outcomes among adults with diverse chronic illnesses.Methods-Extensive literature searching strategies located published and unpublished intervention studies that measured PA behavior outcomes. Primary study results were coded. Fixed-and randomeffects meta-analytic procedures included moderator analyses.Results-Data were synthesized across 22,527 subjects from 213 samples in 163 reports. The overall mean weighted effect size for two-group comparisons was 0.45 (higher mean for treatment than control). This effect size is consistent with a difference of 48 minutes of PA per week or 945 steps per day. Preliminary moderator analyses suggest interventions were most effective when they targeted only PA behavior, used behavioral strategies (vs. cognitive strategies), and encouraged PA self-monitoring. Differences among chronic illnesses were documented. Individual strategies unrelated to PA outcomes included supervised exercise sessions, exercise prescription, fitness testing, goal setting, contracting, problem solving, barriers management, and stimulus/cues. PA outcomes were unrelated to gender, age, ethnicity, or socioeconomic distribution among samples.Conclusion-These findings suggest that some patient education interventions to increase PA are effective, despite considerable heterogeneity in the magnitude of intervention effect.Practice Implications-Moderator analyses are preliminary and provide suggestive evidence for further testing of interventions to inform practice.

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Interventions for promoting physical activity

Cited by 141 publications

References 13 publications

Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club

Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club

A Review of eHealth Interventions for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change

Meta-analysis of patient education interventions to increase physical activity among chronically ill adults

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