scholarly journals The Effects of a Health Promotion Program on Rural, West Virginia Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Project Coordinator ◽  
Rural West Virginia

Purposes/Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a health promotion project designed to increase physical activity and nutritional eating and decrease BMI in adults living in a rural West Virginia community. Rationale/Background: Evidence has shown that programs that partner with community institutions such as a faith-based organization are more successful in gaining acceptance, contacting target populations, and sustaining the program. This project will focus on the ongoing epidemic of weight, obesity, and inactivity that is plaguing the United States, more specifically West Virginia, and what influence a health promotion program could render. This project will answer the question: What are the effects of a 12-week health promotion program on the BMI, weight, physical activity, and nutritional choices of adults with a BMI of 25 or greater who live in a rural West Virginia community? Undertaking/best practice/approach/methods/process: The DNP project coordinator will plan, implement, and evaluate a health promotion program in a rural West Virginia community. The intervention will be structured as a 12-week health promotion. The program will begin with a pre-assessment of participants’ knowledge and understanding of health and a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity level and good nutrition. In addition, the following information will be collected from each participant: age, sex, height, weight, and BMI calculation. The goals of this project are: • To facilitate learning through wellness modules focusing on physical activity and nutrition • To increase knowledge of healthy physical activity and nutrition • To improve weight and BMI Outcomes achieved/documented: The statistical software program, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) will be used to organize and analyze the data. The data will then be analyzed to assess to what degree: learning took place, the program met expectations, participants’ weight decreased, participants’ activity increased, and participants’ nutritional choices improved. Descriptive statistics will be used to paint a picture of the program participants with regard to variables such as age, weight, and BMI. In addition to analyzing individuals’ pre-and post-program measures through the use of paired t-tests, the project coordinator will compile the data to analyze pre- and post-program differences. The project coordinator will disaggregate the data by different demographic variables in order to look for patterns and outliers. Conclusions: Finding are that most participants are health seeking and want to learn about weight loss, increase in activity, and/or nutritional eating. Other anticipated findings are that participants are overweight and have an unhealthy BMI. If participants make the changes suggested throughout the program, health may increase through a decrease of BMI, decreases in weight, increased physical activity, and healthier nutritional choices.

The Effects of a Health Promotion Program on Rural, West Virginia Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Spurrier ◽  
Catherine Suttle ◽  
Linda Matheson ◽  
Ann Baker-Watson
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Rural West Virginia

scholarly journals Physical Activity and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Spanish Employees in a Health-Promotion Program before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Sanitas-Healthy Cities Challenge

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2735
Author(s):  
Evelia Franco ◽  
Jesús Urosa ◽  
Rubén Barakat ◽  
Ignacio Refoyo
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Healthy Cities ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
The Mediterranean

Physical activity and a healthy diet are key factors for avoiding major noncommunicable diseases. The aim of the present study was to analyze how physical activity (PA) and adherence to the Mediterranean diet among employees participating in the Healthy Cities program have been affected during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample was composed of 297 employees from 40 leading companies based in Spain, who participated in the 5th edition of the Sanitas “Healthy Cities” challenge. The participants (148 women and 149 men), aged between 24 and 63 years old (M = 42.76; SD = 7.79) completed the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) questionnaire to measure adherence to the Mediterranean diet before and during the pandemic. Pearson χ2 tests revealed that workers were more likely to show sedentary behaviors during the pandemic than before (83.5% vs. 66.7%). Additionally, they were more likely to reach high levels of PA (51.2% vs. 64%), and Wilcoxon tests revealed that energy expenditure measured in Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) was higher during the pandemic (4199.03 METs) than before (3735.32 METs), due to an increase in moderate PA. Lastly, a higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet during the pandemic (76.4%) than before (54.5%) was reported. The findings of this investigation suggest a positive effect of working from home for employees involved in a health-promotion program, and highlight the relevance of this kind of action among this population.

scholarly journals Differences in Physical Activity Participation between University Employees With and Without a Worksite Health Promotion Program

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Leininger ◽  
Debra Harris ◽  
Susan Tracz ◽  
James E. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
State University ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
University Employees ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Worksite Health Promotion Program ◽  
Worksite Health

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in physical activity (PA) among university employees with and without a formal health promotion program. Three state university campuses without health promotion programs and four campuses with a program participated in this study. PA participation was assessed via survey to all campus employees. PA was compared for those with (n=426) and without a program (n=371). The results indicated that there was no significant difference (p>.05) in the amount of vigorous PA days per week between those with (M=1.87 ± 2.29) and without a program (M=1.6 ± 1.87).There was no significant difference (p>.05) in the amount of moderate PA days per week between those with (M= 2.18 ± 2.43) and without a program (M= 1.88 ± 2.03). There were significant differences (p

Employee Sleep and Workplace Health Promotion: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1009-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Robbins ◽  
Chandra L. Jackson ◽  
Phoenix Underwood ◽  
Dorice Vieira ◽  
Giradin Jean-Louis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Health Promotion Programs

Objective: Workplace-based employee health promotion programs often target weight loss or physical activity, yet there is growing attention to sleep as it affects employee health and performance. The goal of this review is to systematically examine workplace-based employee health interventions that measure sleep duration as an outcome. Data Source: We conducted systematic searches in PubMed, Web of Knowledge, EMBASE, Scopus, and PsycINFO (n = 6177 records). Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: To be included in this systematic review, studies must include (1) individuals aged >18 years, (2) a worker health-related intervention, (3) an employee population, and (4) sleep duration as a primary or secondary outcome. Results: Twenty studies met criteria. Mean health promotion program duration was 2.0 months (standard deviation [SD] = 1.3), and mean follow-up was 5.6 months (SD = 6.5). The mean sample size of 395 employees (SD = 700.8) had a mean age of 41.5 years (SD = 5.2). Measures of sleep duration included self-report from a general questionnaire (n = 12, 66.6%), self-report based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (n = 4, 22.2%), and self-report and actigraphy combined (n = 5, 27.7%). Studies most commonly included sleep hygiene (35.0%), yoga (25.0%), physical activity (10.0%), and cognitive–behavioral therapy for insomnia (10.0%) interventions. Across the interventions, 9 different behavior change techniques (BCTs) were utilized; the majority of interventions used 3 or fewer BCTs, while 1 intervention utilized 4 BCTs. Study quality, on average, was 68.9% (SD = 11.1). Half of the studies found workplace-based health promotion program exposure was associated with a desired increase in mean nightly sleep duration (n = 10, 50.0%). Conclusions: Our study findings suggest health promotion programs may be helpful for increasing employee sleep duration and subsequent daytime performance.

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