Sustainability of the whole-community project '10,000 Steps': a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the dissemination and implementation literature, there is a dearth of information on the sustainability of community-wide physical activity (PA) programs in general and of the '10,000 Steps' project in particular. This paper reports a longitudinal evaluation of organizational and individual sustainability indicators of '10,000 Steps'.

Methods

Among project adopters, department heads of 24 public services were surveyed 1.5 years after initially reported project implementation to assess continuation, institutionalization, sustained implementation of intervention components, and adaptations. Barriers and facilitators of project sustainability were explored. Citizens (n = 483) living near the adopting organizations were interviewed to measure maintenance of PA diff

SUBMITTER: Van Acker R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3312865 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature