The Effect of Tailored E-Mails in the Workplace: Part II. Increasing Overall Physical Activity

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• Personal Author:
  Davis LS ; Gates DM ; Hemmings AB ; Pan W ; Yap TL
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact tailored e-mail messages, based on participants' identified needs, have on intentional physical activity. A quasi-experimental design (two groups, repeated measures) in a population of manufacturing workers (73 employees from two distribution plants of a multi-national manufacturer) was used. Significant differences were found between contemplation-staged participants in the intervention and the comparison groups. In the intervention group, 53.3% of the workers moved forward, as opposed to 19.2% in the comparison group (medium effect size = 0.353). Although both the intervention group and the comparison group increased their number of steps, the comparison group's improvement was most likely attributed to a Hawthorne effect. These results are highly promising given the small sample size and limited "dose". The intervention is one most industries could feasibly implement. Such efforts have the potential to significantly impact public health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Public Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Occupational-health Physical-exercise Physiological-response Physiology Public-health Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  313-319
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036072
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2009 Aug; 57(8):313-319
• Contact Point Address:
  Tracey L. Yap, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Deputy Director of Nursing, NIOSH Education and Research Center, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:05ee316c62795e28c7d7839b1c5951cc455bddb4c63a84e23cf03c7c5e3590f99b7a3fa1eeac062b2c44fe296d85f275ec06ba77f0bb475ad39ad30401258131
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187666/cdc_187666_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 8.19 MB ]