A Men's Workplace Health Intervention: Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study.
To explore physical activity and eating behaviors among men following the implementation of a gender-sensitive, workplace health promotion program.



Using a pre-post within-subjects design, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) was used to collect health-related information along with physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake at baseline and after 6 months.



At baseline, participants (N = 139) consumed 3.58 servings of fruit and vegetables/day and engaged in an average of 229.77 min/week moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). At 6 months, daily fruit/vegetable intake did not increase, whereas MVPA increased by 112.3 min/week.



The POWERPLAY program successfully increased weekly MVPA. Engaging men in health promotion can be a challenge; here, the workplace served as a valuable environment for achieving positive change.
Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University (Dr Johnson); Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention (Mr Stolp, Dr Seaton, Mr Sharp, Dr Caperchione, Dr Bottorff), School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna (Dr Caperchione); School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Dr Oliffe); Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division, Prince George (Ms Jones-Bricker); Prevention Programs (Ms Lamont, Ms Errey), and Office of Research, British Columbia Cancer Agency (Ms Medhurst); Population Health Department, Northern Health, Prince George (Dr Healy), Canada; and Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia (Dr Bottorff).
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Johnson
Sean
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Stolp
Cherisse
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Seaton
Paul
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Sharp
Cristina M
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Caperchione
Joan L
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Bottorff
John L
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Oliffe
Margaret
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Jones-Bricker
Sonia
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Lamont
Kerensa
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Medhurst
Sally
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Errey
Theresa
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Healy
D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014675:Vegetables; D017132:Workplace