Pilvikki Absetz
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1561124 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Pilvikki Absetz |
| PRENOMES | Pilvikki |
| SOBRENOME | Absetz |
| ASSINATURA | ABSETZ P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1047-909X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Effectiveness of the Let’s Move It multi-level vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior
BACKGROUND: Low levels of physical activity (PA), more prevalent among those with low education, require effective interventions. Fewer trials have tested interventions to decrease sedentary behavior (SB). No school-based interventions have shown lasting effects on PA or SB in vocational schools. PURPOSE: To examine whether the Let's Move It intervention has effects on behavioral and clinical outcomes among vocational students after 2 and 14 mont…
Effectiveness of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy eating and daily physical activity
The results suggest that a contextualised, multicomponent choice architecture intervention can positively influence eating behaviour in diverse real-world settings over a one-year period, and that higher implementation quality can enhance intervention perception and response. However, outcomes may depend on the type of intervention strategies used and the extent of their delivery
Community Control of Hypertension and Diabetes (CoCo-HD) program in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
The project will provide valuable evidence for the scaling-up of structured lifestyle interventions within the healthcare systems of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, thus facilitating their future adaptation to diverse settings in India and other LMICs
Two-decade trends and factors associated with overweight and obesity among young adults in Nepal
Overweight and obesity are global epidemics in the adult population, and also affect young people. This study estimated the long-term trend (1996–2019) of overweight and obesity among young adults aged 18 to 29 years in Nepal by sex based on the World Health Organization (WHO) and Asian cut-offs for body mass index (BMI). We also investigated the demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity in the latest survey. This study utilized …
Acceptability of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy behaviours
Work communities appear to approve workplace choice architecture interventions for healthy eating and physical activity, but numerous factors influence acceptance and warrant consideration in future interventions. The study contributes with a theory-based, multidimensional evaluation that considered the perspectives of implementers and influenced individuals across heterogeneous real-world settings
The long-term effects of Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program on diabetes incidence and cardiometabolic risk
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry-(updated from the original trial)ACTRN12611000262909; India: CTRI/2021/10/037191
A peer support program results in greater health benefits for peer leaders than other participants
Being a peer leader in a diabetes prevention program was associated with greater health benefits during and after the intervention period. Further studies are needed to examine the long-term sustainability of these benefits
A qualitative study of pre-service teachers’ experienced benefits and concerns of using motivational interaction in practice after a training course
Despite its positive effects on physical activity promotion, the motivational style of interaction by health professionals is not easily taken up, as shown by meta-analyses of training courses. The concerns professionals experience for taking up novel skills remain an open question. Preservice physical education teachers were offered a 16-h training course on motivational interaction, an approach to teacher–student interaction based on the synthe…
Prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Uganda and South Africa
Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries are struggling to manage type 2 diabetes (T2D). Management of glycaemia via well-organized care can reduce T2D incidence, and associated morbidity and mortality. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of facility plus community care interventions (integrated care), compared to facility only care interventions (facility care) towards improvement of T2D outcomes in Uga…
Diabetes self-management
BACKGROUND: Health education and self-management are among key strategies for managing diabetes and hypertension to reduce morbidity and mortality. Inappropriate self-management support can potentially worsen chronic diseases outcomes if relevant barriers are not identified and self-management solutions are not contextualised. Few studies deliberately solicit suggestions for enhancing self-management from patients and their providers. OBJECTIVE: …
Motivational determinants of physical activity in disadvantaged populations with (pre)diabetes
Findings suggest that: 1) it is feasible to compare a motivational process model across diverse settings; 2) there is lower perceived social support and self-efficacy in the urban, migrant samples; 3) identified regulation is a more promising determinant of PA than self-efficacy or social support in these populations; 4) associations between motivational determinants and PA depend on the perceived type and/or intensity of PA; 5) perceived related…
Using Stakeholder Perceptions to Inform Future Efforts to Implement Mental Health First Aid Training in China
Background: The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training program has been widely implemented in many high-income countries. Evidence on the adaptation of this and other similar programs in resource-constrained settings like China is very limited. This study aimed to explore the views of key stakeholders on the implementation issues and contextual factors relevant to the scale-up of MHFA in China. Methods: Informed by the Consolidated Framework for…
Eight-Year Health Risks Trend Analysis of a Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Program
Research has shown that workplace health promotion (WHP) efforts can positively affect employees' health risk accumulation. However, earlier literature has provided insights of health risk changes in the short-term. This prospective longitudinal quasi-experimental study investigated trends in health risks of a comprehensive, eight-year WHP program ( n = 523-651). Health risk data were collected from health risk assessments in 2010-2011, 2013-2014…
Effect of metabolic state on implicit and explicit responses to food in young healthy females
Digitally supported program for type 2 diabetes risk identification and risk reduction in real-world setting
ClinicalTials.gov . Identifier: NCT03156478 . Date of registration 17.5.2017
Patient and Provider Dilemmas of Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management
Studies comparing provider and patient views and experiences of self-management within primary healthcare are particularly scarce in disadvantaged settings. In this qualitative study, patient and provider perceptions of self-management were investigated in five socio-economically disadvantaged communities in Stockholm. Twelve individual interviews and four group interviews were conducted. Semi-structured interview guides included questions on per…
Peer support to improve diabetes care
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12609000469213 . Registered 16 June 2009
Combining the reasoned action approach and habit formation to reduce sitting time in classrooms
Creating active classroom environments and reducing excessive student sitting requires changes in teachers' behaviours. This study examines a teacher training intervention, which aimed to increase the extent to which teachers use strategies to interrupt prolonged periods of students' sitting, as well as strategies to reduce total sitting time. The training was part of the Let's Move It (LMI) multi-level school-based intervention that aimed to red…
Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909 . Registered 10 March 2011
What explains the socioeconomic status gap in activity? Educational differences in determinants of physical activity and screentime
This study revealed that already in the first years of educational differentiation, levels of key PA determinants differ, contributing to socioeconomic differences in PA. The analyses identified the strongest mediators of the SES-PA association, but additional investigation utilising longitudinal and experimental designs are needed. This study demonstrates the usefulness of combining constructs from various theoretical approaches to better unders…
Let’s Move It’ – a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools
ISRCTN10979479 . Registered: 31.12.2015
Cardiovascular risk outcome and program evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based, lay peer led program for people with diabetes
The 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrated the increasing burden of diabetes and the challenge it poses to the health systems of all countries. The chronic and complex nature of diabetes requires active self-management by patients in addition to clinical management in order to achieve optimal glycaemic control and appropriate use of available clinical services. This study is an evaluation of a “real world” peer support program aimed at …
Gender-related personality traits, self-efficacy, and social support
This study investigated whether gender-role related traits agency and communion contribute to successful health behavior change, in an interplay with domain-specific psychosocial factors, namely, agency, mediated by health-related self-efficacy, and communion, moderated by social support. Data from women ( N = 282) participating in the GOAL Lifestyle Implementation Trial were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Agency and increase in sel…
Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909
Cluster randomized controlled trial of a peer support program for people with diabetes
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR); ACTRN12609000469213
Negotiated pleasures in health-seeking lifestyles of participants of a health promoting intervention
Using focus group discussion data the present article examines argumentation around pleasure from food and physical activity among participants of a health promoting intervention. The article analyses the conflicts produced by pleasure-seeking and health enhancement, and the pursuits to solve these conflicts. Due to the discrepancy between the pleasure-seeking and health enhancement, pleasure was constructed not simply as a spontaneous experience…
Negotiation over self-control and activity
Combining the reasoned action approach and habit formation to reduce sitting time in classrooms
Creating active classroom environments and reducing excessive student sitting requires changes in teachers' behaviours. This study examines a teacher training intervention, which aimed to increase the extent to which teachers use strategies to interrupt prolonged periods of students' sitting, as well as strategies to reduce total sitting time. The training was part of the Let's Move It (LMI) multi-level school-based intervention that aimed to red…
Health Psychological Theory in Promoting Population Health in P‰ij‰t-H‰me, Finland
In public health promotion, behavioural science theories and theory-based methods should be translated into practical strategies that fit environmental conditions and are feasible for implementation. In this article, an effort to meet this challenge is presented. As a starting point we describe the conditions for development and success of the previous generation of public health promotion programmes in Finland. However, changes both in the popul…
Gender-related personality traits, self-efficacy, and social support
This study investigated whether gender-role related traits agency and communion contribute to successful health behavior change, in an interplay with domain-specific psychosocial factors, namely, agency, mediated by health-related self-efficacy, and communion, moderated by social support. Data from women ( N = 282) participating in the GOAL Lifestyle Implementation Trial were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Agency and increase in sel…
Health Psychological Theory in Promoting Population Health in P‰ij‰t-H‰me, Finland
In public health promotion, behavioural science theories and theory-based methods should be translated into practical strategies that fit environmental conditions and are feasible for implementation. In this article, an effort to meet this challenge is presented. As a starting point we describe the conditions for development and success of the previous generation of public health promotion programmes in Finland. However, changes both in the popul…
Negotiation over self-control and activity
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting
This study provides evidence that a type 2 diabetes prevention programme using lifestyle intervention is feasible in primary health care settings, with reductions in risk factors approaching those observed in clinical trials
Quality of diet and food choices of Finnish young men
Objective Eating habits of Finns have improved dramatically in 40 years. The proportion of fat in the diet has decreased and vegetable and fruit consumption increased. Knowledge of Finnish young men’s dietary habits is limited. The aim was to assess food choices and quality of diet among young men and to analyse how background and health behaviour factors explain it. Design In 2007, data on eating habits, sociodemographic background factors and h…
Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes with nutrition and physical activity – efficacy and implementation of lifestyle interventions in Finland
Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been increasing in Finland, in parallel with a gradual increase in overweight and obesity during the past decades. The expanding prevalence of type 2 diabetes brings along complications, most importantly CVD. Therefore, it is extremely important to implement activities to prevent type 2 diabetes. Objective In the present paper, the clinical evidence for the prevention of type 2 diabetes is presente…
Negotiated pleasures in health-seeking lifestyles of participants of a health promoting intervention
Using focus group discussion data the present article examines argumentation around pleasure from food and physical activity among participants of a health promoting intervention. The article analyses the conflicts produced by pleasure-seeking and health enhancement, and the pursuits to solve these conflicts. Due to the discrepancy between the pleasure-seeking and health enhancement, pleasure was constructed not simply as a spontaneous experience…
Conscripts’ attitudes towards health and eating. Changes during the military service and associations with eating
Cluster randomized controlled trial of a peer support program for people with diabetes
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR); ACTRN12609000469213
Self-Control is Associated with Physical Activity and Fitness among Young Males
The personality trait self-control has been associated with various adaptive outcomes. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to explore whether self-control is associated with self-reported leisure time physical activity (LTPA), Body Mass Index (BMI), muscle-fitness and aerobic fitness among young men. Participants (482 male conscripts; age M = 20) completed a questionnaire and participated in anthropometric measurements in the DefenceN…
Food choices and health during military service
Objective To analyse changes in food choices, diet-related risk factors and their association during 6 months of military service. Design Longitudinal cohort study in Finland, where all men are liable to military service and a clear majority of each age group completes service. Dietary intake data were collected by self-administered questionnaire before and at 6 months of service. Three dietary indices based on food frequencies were developed to …
Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909
Gender-related personality traits, self-efficacy, and social support
This study investigated whether gender-role related traits agency and communion contribute to successful health behavior change, in an interplay with domain-specific psychosocial factors, namely, agency, mediated by health-related self-efficacy, and communion, moderated by social support. Data from women ( N = 282) participating in the GOAL Lifestyle Implementation Trial were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Agency and increase in sel…
Let’s Move It’ – a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools
ISRCTN10979479 . Registered: 31.12.2015
Cardiovascular risk outcome and program evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based, lay peer led program for people with diabetes
The 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrated the increasing burden of diabetes and the challenge it poses to the health systems of all countries. The chronic and complex nature of diabetes requires active self-management by patients in addition to clinical management in order to achieve optimal glycaemic control and appropriate use of available clinical services. This study is an evaluation of a “real world” peer support program aimed at …
Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12611000262909 . Registered 10 March 2011
What explains the socioeconomic status gap in activity? Educational differences in determinants of physical activity and screentime
This study revealed that already in the first years of educational differentiation, levels of key PA determinants differ, contributing to socioeconomic differences in PA. The analyses identified the strongest mediators of the SES-PA association, but additional investigation utilising longitudinal and experimental designs are needed. This study demonstrates the usefulness of combining constructs from various theoretical approaches to better unders…
Patient and Provider Dilemmas of Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management
Studies comparing provider and patient views and experiences of self-management within primary healthcare are particularly scarce in disadvantaged settings. In this qualitative study, patient and provider perceptions of self-management were investigated in five socio-economically disadvantaged communities in Stockholm. Twelve individual interviews and four group interviews were conducted. Semi-structured interview guides included questions on per…
Peer support to improve diabetes care
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12609000469213 . Registered 16 June 2009
Combining the reasoned action approach and habit formation to reduce sitting time in classrooms
Creating active classroom environments and reducing excessive student sitting requires changes in teachers' behaviours. This study examines a teacher training intervention, which aimed to increase the extent to which teachers use strategies to interrupt prolonged periods of students' sitting, as well as strategies to reduce total sitting time. The training was part of the Let's Move It (LMI) multi-level school-based intervention that aimed to red…
Digitally supported program for type 2 diabetes risk identification and risk reduction in real-world setting
ClinicalTials.gov . Identifier: NCT03156478 . Date of registration 17.5.2017
Eight-Year Health Risks Trend Analysis of a Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Program
Research has shown that workplace health promotion (WHP) efforts can positively affect employees' health risk accumulation. However, earlier literature has provided insights of health risk changes in the short-term. This prospective longitudinal quasi-experimental study investigated trends in health risks of a comprehensive, eight-year WHP program ( n = 523-651). Health risk data were collected from health risk assessments in 2010-2011, 2013-2014…
Effect of metabolic state on implicit and explicit responses to food in young healthy females
Using Stakeholder Perceptions to Inform Future Efforts to Implement Mental Health First Aid Training in China
Background: The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training program has been widely implemented in many high-income countries. Evidence on the adaptation of this and other similar programs in resource-constrained settings like China is very limited. This study aimed to explore the views of key stakeholders on the implementation issues and contextual factors relevant to the scale-up of MHFA in China. Methods: Informed by the Consolidated Framework for…
A qualitative study of pre-service teachers’ experienced benefits and concerns of using motivational interaction in practice after a training course
Despite its positive effects on physical activity promotion, the motivational style of interaction by health professionals is not easily taken up, as shown by meta-analyses of training courses. The concerns professionals experience for taking up novel skills remain an open question. Preservice physical education teachers were offered a 16-h training course on motivational interaction, an approach to teacher–student interaction based on the synthe…
Prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Uganda and South Africa
Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries are struggling to manage type 2 diabetes (T2D). Management of glycaemia via well-organized care can reduce T2D incidence, and associated morbidity and mortality. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of facility plus community care interventions (integrated care), compared to facility only care interventions (facility care) towards improvement of T2D outcomes in Uga…
Medicine (31 obras) · Gerontology (20 obras) · Nursing (20 obras) · Environmental health (19 obras) · Psychology (18 obras) · Public health (16 obras) · Biostatistics (13 obras) · Diabetes Management and Education (13 obras) · Diabetes mellitus (12 obras) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (11 obras)