Development of a behaviour change workplace-based intervention to improve nurses' eating and physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a critical need for an intervention to improve nurses' eating and physical activity behaviours. As nurses spend a substantial proportion of their waking hours at work, concerted efforts to deliver such interventions in the workplace is growing. This study formed part of a multiphase programme of research that aimed to systematically develop an evidence-based and theory-informed workplace intervention to promote changes in eating and physical activity among nurses.

Methods

The intervention was developed iteratively, in line with Medical Research Council complex intervention guidelines. It involved four activities: (1) identifying the evidence base, (2) understanding the determinants of nurses' eating and physical activity behaviour change through theory-ba

SUBMITTER: Power BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891147 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature