TY - JOUR
T1 - 10,000 Steps Rockhampton: Evaluation of a whole community approach to improving population levels of physical activity
AU - Brown, Wendy J.
AU - Mummery, Kerry
AU - Eakin, Elizabeth
AU - Schofield, Grant
N1 - Funding Information:
The 10,000 Steps Rockhampton project was developed and implemented by a very large group of researchers and project officers. We would like to acknowledge the contributions to the project made by the Local Physical Activity Task Force (LPATF) who worked with the community to develop and implement strategies, as well as the following individuals: Emma Larsen, Glenn Austin, Jo-Anne Dickson, Rebecca Steele, Mitch Duncan, and Cristina Caperchione who assisted with the implementation of various strategies, and Stewart Trost, Alison Marshall, and Annette Dobson who assisted with the evaluation. We also thank Nicola Burton for her assistance with the preparation of this manuscript. The project was funded by Queensland Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2006 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Objectives: To describe the effectiveness of a multi-strategy physical activity (PA) intervention. Methods: Self-report data from random samples were collected prior to and following intervention. Social marketing, healthcare provider, and environmental strategies were concurrently implemented with a central coordinating theme of “10,000 Steps Rockhampton.” Results: There was evidence of significant project reach and awareness. The downward trend in PA seen in the comparison community (48.3% to 41.9% “active”) was not evident in Rockhampton. Women were the “early adopters” in this project; with an increase of 5% (95% CI: –0.6, 10.6) in the percent categorized as “active” (compared with decreases among women in the comparison community and among men in both communities). Conclusions: High levels of project awareness, combined with modest increases in activity levels in women, demonstrate initial project effects. Longer term interventions, focusing on sustainable individual, social, and environmental change strategies are needed to maintain and improve this result.
AB - Objectives: To describe the effectiveness of a multi-strategy physical activity (PA) intervention. Methods: Self-report data from random samples were collected prior to and following intervention. Social marketing, healthcare provider, and environmental strategies were concurrently implemented with a central coordinating theme of “10,000 Steps Rockhampton.” Results: There was evidence of significant project reach and awareness. The downward trend in PA seen in the comparison community (48.3% to 41.9% “active”) was not evident in Rockhampton. Women were the “early adopters” in this project; with an increase of 5% (95% CI: –0.6, 10.6) in the percent categorized as “active” (compared with decreases among women in the comparison community and among men in both communities). Conclusions: High levels of project awareness, combined with modest increases in activity levels in women, demonstrate initial project effects. Longer term interventions, focusing on sustainable individual, social, and environmental change strategies are needed to maintain and improve this result.
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U2 - 10.1123/jpah.3.1.1
DO - 10.1123/jpah.3.1.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37849008033
SN - 1543-3080
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
JF - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
IS - 1
ER -