Enrollment Strategies, Barriers to Participation, and Reach of a Workplace Intervention Targeting Sedentary Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To review enrollment strategies, participation barriers, and program reach of a large, 2-year workplace intervention targeting sedentary behavior.

Approach

Cross-sectional, retrospective review.

Setting

Twenty-four worksites balanced across academic, industry, and government sectors in Minneapolis/Saint Paul (Minnesota) and Phoenix (Arizona) regions.

Participants

Full-time (≥30+ h/wk), sedentary office workers.

Methods

Reach was calculated as the proportion of eligible employees who enrolled in the intervention ([N enrolled/(proportion of eligible employees × N total employees)] × 100). Mean (1 standard deviation) and median worksite sizes were calculated at each enrollment step. Participation barriers and modifications were recorded by the resea

SUBMITTER: Mullane SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7702267 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature