Activate Your Health
Impact of a real-life programme promoting healthy lifestyle habits in Canadian workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22944688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thiffya Arabi Kugathasan (Université de Montréal), Jo-Anne Gilbert (Université de Montréal), Jo‐Anne Gilbert (0000-0002-6095-8603, Université de Montréal), Stephen Laberge (0000-0002-3057-4297, Université de Montréal), Jonathan Tremblay (0000-0001-5160-0012, Université de Montréal), Marie‐Ève Mathieu (0000-0003-1188-115X, Université de Montréal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daac018 |
| PMID | 35244699 |
| OpenAlex | W4214852034 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
The workplace has been suggested as a good setting for the promotion of healthy lifestyles. This article examines the impact of Activate Your Health programme, provided over an average of 1.35 years, on employee health and lifestyle habits (actual and intention to improve). Companies selected one of the programme’s four options (number of interventions in parentheses): Control (2), Light (8), Moderate (13) and High (14). Employees (n = 524) completed an online questionnaire at baseline and post-intervention. Mixed-effect models and generalized estimating equations models were used, where appropriate. There was an interaction effect of time by option for the number of employees intending to improve sleep habits (p = 0.030): +11.0% in Light (p = 0.013). No significant interaction effect of time by option was observed for body weight, body mass index, number of health problems or lifestyle habits (actual and intention to improve). When stratified by sex, there was an interaction effect of time by option for the number of women intending to improve sleep habits (p = 0.023): −26.1% in Moderate (p = 0.014). There was an interaction effect of time by option for body weight in men (p = 0.001): −0.58 kg in High (p = 0.031) and +2.58 kg in Control (p = 0.005). Other outcomes of interest were stable or improved post-intervention, regardless of option. The Activate Your Health programme allowed employees to maintain or improve outcomes related to health and lifestyle habits. A package like High may be beneficial for body weight regulation in men.
Body mass index · Environmental health · Generalized estimating equation · Health promotion · Intervention (counseling) · Physical therapy · Promotion (chess) · Psychological intervention · Public health · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology
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Assessment of Physical Activity by Self-Report
Meta-Analysis of Workplace Physical Activity Interventions
Changes in body mass index in Canadians over a five-year period
Activate Your Health, a 3-year, multi-site, workplace healthy lifestyle promotion program
Does changing behavioral intentions engender behavior change? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence
Social Desirability Bias and the Validity of Indirect Questioning
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |