A Men's Workplace Health Intervention: Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27281710.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793 and PMC identifier 4961271.
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Abstract
To explore physical activity and eating behaviors among men following the implementation of a gender-sensitive, workplace health promotion program. 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. 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. 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.
Medical subject headings
- Diet
- Exercise
- Feeding Behavior
- Health Promotion
- Workplace