Evaluating Mailed Motivational, Individually Tailored Postcard Boosters for Promoting Girls' Postintervention Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ways to optimize boosters to assist girls to attain adequate moderate-to-vigorous physical activity following an intervention are unknown.

Objective

This study's purpose was to (a) determine whether girls receiving mailed motivational, individually tailored postcard boosters following a 17-week physical activity intervention would have greater moderate-to-vigorous physical activity at 9-month follow-up as compared to girls not receiving them and those in a control group and (b) evaluate girls' perceptions of the booster intervention.

Methods

Sixth to seventh grade girls (n = 117) from two urban, Midwest schools with similar demographic characteristics participated in a 17-week physical activity intervention, and girls from a third school served as controls

SUBMITTER: Bakhoya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5010026 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature