TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating Health Promotion
T2 - A Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Design
AU - Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
AU - Jackson, Kirby
AU - Blair, Steven N.
AU - Davis, Keith
AU - Dell Gimarc, Jerry
AU - Salisbury, Zora
AU - Maysey, Dorothy
AU - Mcgee, Joan G.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1987/6
Y1 - 1987/6
N2 - A quasi-experimental research design is used to evaluate Carolina Healthstyle, a health promotion project for South Carolina state employees. A 10% stratified ran dom sample of employees was surveyed in the Spring of 1983 and again in 1984. Eighteen agencies were intervention agencies and the rest comparison that year. This article reports changes with simple before-after comparisons in the intervention agencies and matched pair analysis and randomized block designs to compare inter vention and comparison agencies. Results are reported for smoking, exercise, safety, nutrition, stress, and alcohol. Significant increases in exercise were found in both intervention and comparison agencies. The number of smokers decreased in intervention from 30%–26% with no change in comparison agencies. Safety practices changed at similar rates in both intervention and comparison groups. Consumption of chicken increased significantly only in the intervention agencies. Few other diet or stress changes were found. There were changes in alcohol consumption in intervention agen cies only. The presence of the comparison group helps to separate the program effects from secular trends.
AB - A quasi-experimental research design is used to evaluate Carolina Healthstyle, a health promotion project for South Carolina state employees. A 10% stratified ran dom sample of employees was surveyed in the Spring of 1983 and again in 1984. Eighteen agencies were intervention agencies and the rest comparison that year. This article reports changes with simple before-after comparisons in the intervention agencies and matched pair analysis and randomized block designs to compare inter vention and comparison agencies. Results are reported for smoking, exercise, safety, nutrition, stress, and alcohol. Significant increases in exercise were found in both intervention and comparison agencies. The number of smokers decreased in intervention from 30%–26% with no change in comparison agencies. Safety practices changed at similar rates in both intervention and comparison groups. Consumption of chicken increased significantly only in the intervention agencies. Few other diet or stress changes were found. There were changes in alcohol consumption in intervention agen cies only. The presence of the comparison group helps to separate the program effects from secular trends.
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U2 - 10.1177/109019818701400201
DO - 10.1177/109019818701400201
M3 - Article
C2 - 3597106
AN - SCOPUS:0023353491
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 14
SP - 123
EP - 139
JO - Health Education & Behavior
JF - Health Education & Behavior
IS - 2
ER -