Grant Number:	5R01CA080725-04 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator:	Coday, Mace
Organization:	University Of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
Project Title:	Randomized Trial to Reduce Sedentary Behavior
Fiscal Year:	2002

DESCRIPTION (adapted from investigator's abstract): Sedentary behavior is a major threat to the health of millions of Americans. The purpose of the proposed study is to test the ability of two behavioral change models to increase physical activity in a sedentary population. The participants in the study will be enrolled from a large inner-city general medical clinic which provides health care to a group of predominantly African-American, low socioeconomic status, sedentary workers. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a Control, a Patient-Provider, or a Patient-Peer condition. Participants in the Control condition will have access to a 78,000 square feet exercise facility with numerous options for exercise. Those in the Patient-Provider condition will have the same access to the exercise facility and will also receive face-to-face, systematic, encouragement from trained medical interventionists. Those in the Patient-Peer condition will have the same access to the exercise facility and will also receive face-to-face, systematic, encouragement from trained peer interventionists. Changes in exercise behavior will be documented by monitoring use of the facility and by self-reported physical activity levels. Changes in fitness levels will be assessed by regular testing during 12 months of active intervention and 18 months of follow-up monitoring. Behavior change experts, exercise intervention specialists, and health-care professionals from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and The Church Health Center of Memphis, a non-academic, church-based health organization, will collaborate on the study.




Perceived environments as physical activity correlates and moderators of intervention in five studies.
Authors: King A.C. , Toobert D. , Ahn D. , Resnicow K. , Coday M. , Riebe D. , Garber C.E. , Hurtz S. , Morton J. , Sallis J.F. .
Source: American Journal Of Health Promotion : Ajhp, 2006 Sep-Oct; 21(1), p. 24-35.
PMID: 16977910
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Authors: Coday M. , Boutin-Foster C. , Goldman Sher T. , Tennant J. , Greaney M.L. , Saunders S.D. , Somes G.W. .
Source: Annals Of Behavioral Medicine : A Publication Of The Society Of Behavioral Medicine, 2005 Apr; 29 Suppl, p. 55-65.
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Authors: Klesges L.M. , Estabrooks P.A. , Dzewaltowski D.A. , Bull S.S. , Glasgow R.E. .
Source: Annals Of Behavioral Medicine : A Publication Of The Society Of Behavioral Medicine, 2005 Apr; 29 Suppl, p. 66-75.
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