Engineering online and in-person social networks to sustain physical activity: application of a conceptual model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High rates of physical inactivity compromise the health status of populations globally. Social networks have been shown to influence physical activity (PA), but little is known about how best to engineer social networks to sustain PA. To improve procedures for building networks that shape PA as a normative behavior, there is a need for more specific hypotheses about how social variables influence PA. There is also a need to integrate concepts from network science with ecological concepts that often guide the design of in-person and electronically-mediated interventions. Therefore, this paper: (1) proposes a conceptual model that integrates principles from network science and ecology across in-person and electronically-mediated intervention modes; and (2) illustrates the

SUBMITTER: Rovniak LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3844372 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature