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Implementation-effectiveness trial of an ecological intervention for physical activity in ethnically diverse low income senior centers

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, July 2017
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Title
Implementation-effectiveness trial of an ecological intervention for physical activity in ethnically diverse low income senior centers
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BMC Public Health, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4584-1
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Porchia Rich, Gregory A. Aarons, Michelle Takemoto, Veronica Cardenas, Katie Crist, Khalisa Bolling, Brittany Lewars, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Loki Natarajan, Yuyan Shi, Kelsie M. Full, Eileen Johnson, Dori E. Rosenberg, Melicia Whitt-Glover, Bess Marcus, Jacqueline Kerr

Abstract

As the US population ages, there is an increasing need for evidence based, peer-led physical activity programs, particularly in ethnically diverse, low income senior centers where access is limited. The Peer Empowerment Program 4 Physical Activity' (PEP4PA) is a hybrid Type II implementation-effectiveness trial that is a peer-led physical activity (PA) intervention based on the ecological model of behavior change. The initial phase is a cluster randomized control trial randomized to either a peer-led PA intervention or usual center programming. After 18 months, the intervention sites are further randomized to continued support or no support for another 6 months. This study will be conducted at twelve senior centers in San Diego County in low income, diverse communities. In the intervention sites, 24 peer health coaches and 408 adults, aged 50 years and older, are invited to participate. Peer health coaches receive training and support and utilize a tablet computer for delivery and tracking. There are several levels of intervention. Individual components include pedometers, step goals, counseling, and feedback charts. Interpersonal components include group walks, group sharing and health tips, and monthly celebrations. Community components include review of PA resources, walkability audit, sustainability plan, and streetscape improvements. The primary outcome of interest is intensity and location of PA minutes per day, measured every 6 months by wrist and hip accelerometers and GPS devices. Secondary outcomes include blood pressure, physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning. Implementation measures include appropriateness & acceptability (perceived and actual fit), adoption & penetration (reach), fidelity (quantity & quality of intervention delivered), acceptability (satisfaction), costs, and sustainability. Using a peer led implementation strategy to deliver a multi-level community based PA program can enhance program adoption, implementation, and sustainment. ClinicalTrials.gov, USA ( NCT02405325 ). Date of registration, March 20, 2015. This website also contains all items from the World Health Organization Trial Registration Data Set.

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Unknown 277 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 45 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 10%
Researcher 23 8%
Student > Bachelor 23 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 7%
Other 40 14%
Unknown 97 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 37 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 31 11%
Social Sciences 29 10%
Sports and Recreations 23 8%
Psychology 20 7%
Other 33 12%
Unknown 104 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 July 2017.
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#7,955,819
of 24,820,264 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#8,394
of 16,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#117,631
of 319,861 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#112
of 192 outputs
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