- Title
- Six-month follow-up and participant use and satisfaction of an electronic mail intervention promoting physical activity and nutrition
- Creator
- Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Pickering, Michael A.; McCargar, Linda J.; Loucaides, Constantinos A.; Hugo, Kylie
- Relation
- American Journal of Health Promotion Vol. 24, Issue 4, p. 255-259
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.08032830
- Publisher
- American Journal of Health Promotion
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Purpose: To evaluate the effects of a 12-week e-mail intervention promoting physical activity and nutrition, and to describe participant use and satisfaction feedback. Design: A longitudinal, randomized trial. Setting: Five large workplaces in Alberta, Canada. Participants: One thousand forty-three participants completed all three assessments, and 1263 participants in the experimental group provided use and satisfaction feedback after receiving the 12-week intervention. Intervention: Paired physical activity and nutrition messages were e-mailed weekly to the experimental group. The control group received all messages in bulk (i.e., within a single e-mail message) at the conclusion of the intervention. Measures: Self-report measures of knowledge, cognitions, and behaviors related to physical activity and nutrition were used. Satisfaction with e-mail messages was assessed at Time 2. Analysis: Planned contrasts compared the experimental group measures at Time 3 with those reported at Time 2 and with control group measures reported at Time 3. Control group measures at Time 3 were also compared with control group measures at Time 2. Results: The small intervention effects previously reported between Time 1 and Time 2 were maintained at Time 3. Providing the e-mail messages in bulk also had a significant positive effect on many of the physical activity and nutrition variables. Conclusions: E-mail offers a promising medium for promoting health-enhancing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Additional research is needed to determine optimal message dose and content.
- Subject
- physical activity; workplace; e-mail Interventions; intervention testing; randomized trial; cognitive and behavioral outcomes; physical activity and nutrition; adults; employees
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/921722
- Identifier
- uon:9381
- Identifier
- ISSN:0890-1171
- Language
- eng
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