Quasi-experimental design for using an interactive social media intervention program to improve truck drivers' health beliefs and eating behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Truck drivers have difficulties participating in health education programs delivered at a fixed time and place due to the mobility of their workplace. Interventions conducted via social media can overcome these limitations of time and place. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a nutrition education intervention program delivered via a social media platform on the healthy eating behaviors of truck drivers.

Methods

This study adopted a quasi-experimental design. A 12-week intervention program was conducted for a social-media group (n = 125) and a conventional-teaching group (n = 117) from February to May 2020. The social-media group participated in a social-media-based health intervention on the LINE application. The intervention involved the provision of

SUBMITTER: Chang SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9354337 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature