Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2012
Formative process evaluation for implementing a social marketing intervention to increase walking among African Americans in the Positive Action for Today's Health trial.
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- Defining the external implementation context: an integrative systematic literature review.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
- Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Using formative process evaluation to improve program implementation and accessibility of competitive group-based physical activity in the TEAM-PA trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
- Connect through PLAY: a randomized-controlled trial in afterschool programs to increase adolescents' physical activity.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Reach and representativeness of ethnic minority women in the Health Is Power Study: a longitudinal analysis.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
- Multilevel Associations of Neighborhood Poverty, Crime, and Satisfaction With Blood Pressure in African-American Adults.American journal of hypertension · 2016Trial
- The Results of the "Positive Action for Today's Health" (PATH) Trial for Increasing Walking and Physical Activity in Underserved African-American Communities.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015Trial
- Physical activity as a mediator linking neighborhood environmental supports and obesity in African Americans in the path trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2014Trial
- Associations among environmental supports, physical activity, and blood pressure in African-American adults in the PATH trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2013Trial
- The Use of Social Marketing in Community-Wide Physical Activity Programs: A Scoping Review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Formative Process Evaluation of the "Connect" Physical Activity Feasibility Trial for Adolescents.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2020Article
- Inequities and inequalities in outdoor walking groups: a scoping review.Public health reviews · 2020Article
- Longitudinal relationships between self-concept for physical activity and neighborhood social life as predictors of physical activity among older African American adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Article
- Bayesian latent structure modeling of walking behavior in a physical activity intervention.Statistical methods in medical research · 2016Article
- Figuring out fidelity: a worked example of the methods used to identify, critique and revise the essential elements of a contextualised intervention in health policy agencies.Implementation science : IS · 2016Article
- The Association of Neighborhood Gene-Environment Susceptibility with Cortisol and Blood Pressure in African-American Adults.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Article
- Positive Action for Today's Health (PATH): Sex differences in walking and perceptions of the physical and social environment.Environment and behavior · 2014Article
- Updating the FORECAST formative evaluation approach and some implications for ameliorating theory failure, implementation failure, and evaluation failure.Evaluation and program planning · 2013Article
- Imputational modeling of spatial context and social environmental predictors of walking in an underserved community: the PATH trial.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2013Article
- The Connection Prescription: Using the Power of Social Interactions and the Deep Desire for Connectedness to Empower Health and Wellness.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
objectivesEvaluating programs targeting physical activity may help to reduce disparate rates of obesity among African Americans. We report formative process evaluation methods and implementation dose, fidelity, and reach in the Positive Action for Today's Health trial.
methodsWe applied evaluation methods based on an ecological framework in 2 community-based police-patrolled walking programs targeting access and safety in underserved African American communities. One program also targeted social connectedness and motivation to walk using a social marketing approach. Process data were systematically collected from baseline to 12 months.
resultsAdequate implementation dose was achieved, with fidelity achieved but less stable in both programs. Monthly walkers increased to 424 in the walking-plus-social marketing program, indicating expanding program reach, in contrast to no increase in the walking-only program. Increased reach was correlated with peer-led Pride Strides (r = .92; P < .001), a key social marketing component, and program social interaction was the primary reason for which walkers reported participating.
conclusionsFormative process evaluation demonstrated that the walking programs were effectively implemented and that social marketing increased walking and perceived social connectedness in African American communities.
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