Physical Activity, Learning Styles and Health Literacy

身体活动、学习方式和健康素养

• 批准号: 6915970
• 负责人: JULIE A GAZMARARIAN
• 金额: $ 45.87万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2007-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6915970
• 关键词: absenteeism; academic achievement; behavioral /social science research tag; body physical activity; clinical research; counseling; disease /disorder prevention /control; education evaluation /planning; exercise; health behavior; health care service utilization; health disparity; health education; health service demonstration project; health services research tag; human subject; human therapy evaluation; learning; occupational health /safety; quality of life; racial /ethnic difference; statistics /biometry; work site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A major challenge facing the health community is the increasing rates of physical inactivity. This is of significant concern as more studies are documenting the relationship between physical inactivity and obesity, poor quality of life and health status. Since most adults spend the majority of their waking hours at work, the workplace environment is a promising area for physical activity interventions. A number of studies have documented the effectiveness of various programs, while many others have shown they are not effective. One avenue that has not been explored is the role of employee's learning styles and health literacy skills with various physical activity interventions. Perhaps if an employee's style is matched with an appropriate intervention method, they would be more likely to change their behavior. The overall project goal is to determine the effectiveness of a tailored innovative worksite health promotion program to increase physical activity. Specifically, the project's objectives are to: 1) enhance current health promotion activities for Emory employees; 2) determine if employee's choice of different intervention strategies vary by learning styles and health literacy skills; 3) evaluate the effectiveness of tailoring intervention programs based on learning styles and health literacy skills of the target population; and 4) examine the cost effectiveness of different components of the intervention program. The randomized control trial will involve over 1,600 Emory employees, including Emory University, Emory Healthcare and Emory Clinic and will build upon current efforts to improve the health of Emory employees. The trans-disciplinary and trans-sector project team consists of established researchers at Emory School of Public Health, key staff with various business units at Emory (Human Resources, Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, Healthcare), Emory employees representing a range of occupations (e.g., custodial, faculty), and an advisory panel of nationally renowned public health and learning theory professionals.

描述（由申请人提供）：健康界面临的一个主要挑战是缺乏身体活动的比例不断增加。随着越来越多的研究记录缺乏身体活动与肥胖、生活质量差和健康状况之间的关系，这一点值得关注。由于大多数成年人醒着的大部分时间都在工作，因此工作场所环境是进行身体活动干预的一个有前景的领域。许多研究已经证明了各种计划的有效性，而许多其他研究则表明它们并不有效。尚未探索的一种途径是员工的学习方式和健康素养技能在各种体育活动干预措施中的作用。或许，如果员工的风格与适当的干预方法相匹配，他们将更有可能改变自己的行为。项目的总体目标是确定量身定制的创新工作场所健康促进计划对增加身体活动的有效性。具体来说，该项目的目标是： 1) 加强当前埃默里大学员工的健康促进活动； 2）确定员工对不同干预策略的选择是否因学习方式和健康素养技能而异； 3）根据目标人群的学习方式和健康素养技能评估定制干预方案的有效性； 4) 检查干预计划不同组成部分的成本效益。 这项随机对照试验将涉及 1,600 多名埃默里大学员工，包括埃默里大学、埃默里医疗中心和埃默里诊所，并将以当前改善埃默里员工健康的努力为基础。跨学科和跨部门的项目团队由埃默里公共卫生学院的资深研究人员、埃默里各个业务部门（人力资源、教职员工援助计划、医疗保健）的主要工作人员、代表各种职业的埃默里员工组成（例如，监护人、教员），以及由全国知名公共卫生和学习理论专业人士组成的顾问小组。