The Intersection of Public Policy and Health Behavior Theory in the Physical Activity Arena
The Intersection of Public Policy and Health Behavior Theory in the Physical Activity Arena
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DOI：
10.1123/jpah.7.s1.s91
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Reynolds, Kim D.
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作者：
Dunton, Genevieve F.;Cousineau, Michael;Reynolds, Kim D.
背景：旨在改变社会、体育、经济和教育环境各方面的政策战略已被提出作为解决日益严重的缺乏体育活动问题的潜在解决方案。为了在这些和其他领域制定有效的体育活动政策，需要更好地理解这些政策如何以及为什么成功地影响行为改变。方法：本文提出了一个概念框架，解释了政策策略如何映射到健康行为、理论变量和导致体力活动变化的过程。这一框架被用来对不同政策战略的潜在有效性做出假设。结果：健康行为理论表明，政策提供。对于那些还没有考虑或最近才开始考虑进行更多体育活动的人来说，这些信息可能特别有用。对于那些认为体育活动本身并不有趣的人来说，提供机会的政策可能不那么有效，提供激励或要求行为的有趣政策在促进体育活动的长期变化方面可能不是特别有用。结论：探索政策战略和理论构建之间的可能联系，有助于澄清每种方法如何发挥作用，以及对谁来说可能是最合适的实施。
Background: Policy strategies aimed at modifying aspects of the social, physical, economic, and educational environments have been proposed as potential solutions to the growing problem of physical inactivity To develop effective physical activity policies in these and other areas, greater understanding of how and why policies successfully impact behavior change is needed. Methods: The current paper proposes a conceptual framework explaining how policy strategies map onto health behavior theoretical variables and processes thought to lead to physical activity change. This framework is used to make hypotheses about the potential effectiveness of different policy strategies. Results: Health behavior theories suggest that policies providing. Information may be particularly useful for individuals who are not yet considering or have only recently begun to consider becoming more physically active. Policies that provide opportunities may be less effective for individuals who do not find physical activity to be inherently fun and interesting Policies that offer Incentives or require the behavior may not be particularly useful at promoting long-term changes in physical activity. Conclusion: Exploring possible connections between policy strategies and theoretical constructs can help to clarify how each approach might work and for whom it may be the most appropriate to implement.