Physical Activity, Learning Styles and Health Literacy

描述（由申请人提供）：卫生界面临的一个主要挑战是缺乏身体活动的比率不断上升。随着越来越多的研究证明缺乏运动与肥胖、生活质量差和健康状况之间的关系，这一点值得关注。由于大多数成年人醒着的大部分时间都是在工作中度过的，因此工作场所环境是进行身体活动干预的一个有希望的领域。许多研究证明了各种计划的有效性，而许多其他研究表明它们并不有效。一个尚未探索的途径是员工的学习方式和健康素养技能与各种体育活动干预的作用。也许如果员工的风格与适当的干预方法相匹配，他们更有可能改变自己的行为。项目的总体目标是确定为增加身体活动量身定制的创新工作场所健康促进方案的有效性。具体来说，该项目的目标是：1)加强艾莫利大学员工目前的健康促进活动；2)确定员工对不同干预策略的选择是否因学习风格和健康素养技能的不同而不同；3)根据目标人群的学习方式和健康素养技能评估针对性干预方案的有效性；4)检查干预计划的不同组成部分的成本效益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A major challenge facing the health community is the increasing rates of physical inactivity. This is of significant concern as more studies are documenting the relationship between physical inactivity and obesity, poor quality of life and health status. Since most adults spend the majority of their waking hours at work, the workplace environment is a promising area for physical activity interventions. A number of studies have documented the effectiveness of various programs, while many others have shown they are not effective. One avenue that has not been explored is the role of employee's learning styles and health literacy skills with various physical activity interventions. Perhaps if an employee's style is matched with an appropriate intervention method, they would be more likely to change their behavior. The overall project goal is to determine the effectiveness of a tailored innovative worksite health promotion program to increase physical activity. Specifically, the project's objectives are to: 1) enhance current health promotion activities for Emory employees; 2) determine if employee's choice of different intervention strategies vary by learning styles and health literacy skills; 3) evaluate the effectiveness of tailoring intervention programs based on learning styles and health literacy skills of the target population; and 4) examine the cost effectiveness of different components of the intervention program. The randomized control trial will involve over 1,600 Emory employees, including Emory University, Emory Healthcare and Emory Clinic and will build upon current efforts to improve the health of Emory employees. The trans-disciplinary and trans-sector project team consists of established researchers at Emory School of Public Health, key staff with various business units at Emory (Human Resources, Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, Healthcare), Emory employees representing a range of occupations (e.g., custodial, faculty), and an advisory panel of nationally renowned public health and learning theory professionals.