Journal
INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 39-49Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0272684X18811018
Keywords
physical activity; psychosocial factors; health campaign; men; health behavior change
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- Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
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This study evaluated changes in psychosocial factors and self-reported physical activity (PA) among the sample of Finnish men who underwent the fitness tests during the national health campaign. Another aim was to examine whether the fitness test feedback was a meaningful experience for PA change. Baseline data were collected in 2011 by fitness test and questionnaire. Men who had low/moderate fitness along with overweight (n = 361) were recruited to the postcampaign study in 2014. Data were analyzed with nonparametric tests, logistic regression analysis, and content analysis. The postcampaign survey was completed by 102 men. Positive PA change was associated with high goals, planning skills, and self-efficacy for PA. One fourth of men recalled that they had surprisingly poor fitness at baseline. This experience was not related to positive PA change. A fitness test may awake motivation, but promotion of self-efficacy and self-regulatory skills is needed to support concrete behavior change.
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