title: An intervention to promote walking in sedentary women in the community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a telephone counseling intervention that was designed to help sedentary women begin and maintain a walking program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Females (N = 197) were randomly assigned to either an intervention, attention control, or no-attention control group. Assessments were made at baseline and 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women in the intervention group reported more time walked each day than did control women (P < .05). The intervention worked equally for African American and European American women as well as for different income groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, a counseling intervention via telephone appears to be a good way to help women begin a walking program.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. m.nies@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nies
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chruscial
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hepworth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010809:Physical Fitness; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013689:Telephone; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology