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Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design

Authors: Barbara Baquero, Nicole Novak, Daniel K. Sewell, Christine M. Kava, Jason Daniel-Ulloa, Hanh Pham, Natoshia Askleson, Sato Ashida, Helena Laroche, Adriana Maldonado Gonzalez, Rebecca Bucklin, Heidi Haines, Edith A. Parker, The Active Ottumwa Community Advisory Board

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Background

Much evidence-based physical activity (PA) interventions have been tested and implemented in urban contexts. However, studies that adapt, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions in micropolitan rural contexts are needed. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Active Ottumwa intervention to promote PA in a micropolitan community.

Methods

Between 2013 – 2019, we implemented Active Ottumwa in a micropolitan setting, and subsequently implemented and evaluated its effectiveness using a Hybrid Type I design. In this paper, we describe the intervention’s effectiveness in promoting PA. We collected PA data over 24 months from a cohort of community residents using accelerometers and PA data from two cross-sectional community surveys administered in 2013 and 2018, using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Results

From the cohort, we found significant change in PA over 24 months (P = 0.03) corresponding to a 45-min daily decrease in sedentary activity, a daily increase of 35-min in light PA and 9 min in moderate-to-vigorous PA. There was a statistically significant (P = 0.01) increasing trend at the population-level in the moderate-to-vigorous composition of 7 min between the two cross-sectional assessments (95% CI: 0.1%—1.34%).

Conclusions

The study demonstrates that the adapted evidence-based PA interventions in a micropolitan context is effective.

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Title: Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design
Authors: Barbara Baquero
Nicole Novak
Daniel K. Sewell
Christine M. Kava
Jason Daniel-Ulloa
Hanh Pham
Natoshia Askleson
Sato Ashida
Helena Laroche
Adriana Maldonado Gonzalez
Rebecca Bucklin
Heidi Haines
Edith A. Parker
The Active Ottumwa Community Advisory Board
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18523-9

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Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design

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