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Article: An uphill struggle: Effects of a point-of-choice stair climbing intervention in a non-English speaking population
Title | An uphill struggle: Effects of a point-of-choice stair climbing intervention in a non-English speaking population |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Exercise promotion Humidity Stair climbing Walking |
Issue Date | 2006 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/ |
Citation | International Journal Of Epidemiology, 2006, v. 35 n. 5, p. 1286-1290 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: Increases in lifestyle physical activity are a current public health target. Interventions that encourage pedestrians to choose the stairs rather than the escalator are uniformly successful in English speaking populations. Here we report the first test of a similar intervention in a non-English speaking sample, namely the Hong Kong Chinese. Methods: Travellers on the Mid-Levels escalator system in Hong Kong were encouraged to take the stairs for their health by a point-of-choice prompt with text in Chinese positioned at the junction between the stairs and the travelator. Gender, age, ethnic origin, and walking on the travelator were coded by observers. A 2 week intervention period followed 2 weeks of baseline monitoring with 57 801 choices coded. Specificity of the intervention was determined by contrasting effects in Asian and non-Asian travellers. Results: There was no effect of the intervention on stair climbing and baseline rates (0.4%) were much lower than previous studies in Western populations (5.4%). Nonetheless, a modest increase in walking up the travelator, confined to the Asian population (OR = 1.12), confirmed that the intervention materials could change behaviour. Conclusions: It would be unwise to assume that lifestyle physical activity interventions have universal application. The contexts in which the behaviours occur, e.g. climate, may act as a barrier to successful behaviour change. © Copyright 2006 Oxford University Press. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/87870 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.663 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Eves, FF | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Masters, RSW | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:35:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:35:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal Of Epidemiology, 2006, v. 35 n. 5, p. 1286-1290 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0300-5771 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/87870 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Increases in lifestyle physical activity are a current public health target. Interventions that encourage pedestrians to choose the stairs rather than the escalator are uniformly successful in English speaking populations. Here we report the first test of a similar intervention in a non-English speaking sample, namely the Hong Kong Chinese. Methods: Travellers on the Mid-Levels escalator system in Hong Kong were encouraged to take the stairs for their health by a point-of-choice prompt with text in Chinese positioned at the junction between the stairs and the travelator. Gender, age, ethnic origin, and walking on the travelator were coded by observers. A 2 week intervention period followed 2 weeks of baseline monitoring with 57 801 choices coded. Specificity of the intervention was determined by contrasting effects in Asian and non-Asian travellers. Results: There was no effect of the intervention on stair climbing and baseline rates (0.4%) were much lower than previous studies in Western populations (5.4%). Nonetheless, a modest increase in walking up the travelator, confined to the Asian population (OR = 1.12), confirmed that the intervention materials could change behaviour. Conclusions: It would be unwise to assume that lifestyle physical activity interventions have universal application. The contexts in which the behaviours occur, e.g. climate, may act as a barrier to successful behaviour change. © Copyright 2006 Oxford University Press. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/ | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Epidemiology | en_HK |
dc.rights | International Journal of Epidemiology. Copyright © Oxford University Press. | en_HK |
dc.subject | Exercise promotion | en_HK |
dc.subject | Humidity | en_HK |
dc.subject | Stair climbing | en_HK |
dc.subject | Walking | en_HK |
dc.title | An uphill struggle: Effects of a point-of-choice stair climbing intervention in a non-English speaking population | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0300-5771&volume=35&spage=1286&epage=1290&date=2006&atitle=An+uphill+struggle:+Effects+of+a+point-of-choice+stair+climbing+intervention+in+a+non-English+speaking+population. | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Masters, RSW: mastersr@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Masters, RSW=rp00935 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ije/dyl141 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 16849368 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-33750218476 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 128601 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750218476&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 35 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 1286 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 1290 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000241429200032 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Eves, FF=6701797804 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Masters, RSW=7102880488 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 910775 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0300-5771 | - |