Evaluation of a physical activity intervention for new parents: protocol paper for a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying critical life transitions in people's physical activity behaviors may illuminate the most opportune intervention apertures for chronic disease prevention. A substantive evidence base now indicates that parenthood is one of these critical transition points for physical activity decline. This study will examine whether a brief theory-based intervention can prevent a decline in physical activity among new parents over 6 months following intervention. This study protocol represents the first dyad-based physical activity initiative in the parenthood literature involving both mothers and fathers; prior research has focused on only mothers or only fathers (albeit limited), and has shown only short-term changes in physical activity. This study will be investigating w

SUBMITTER: Quinlan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679193 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature