Table 1 Healthy Lifestyle intervention components
Intervention Component | SEF Level | Theoretical Guidance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Kick-off event | |||
 Educational workshop | Intrapersonal and Interpersonal | Perceptual Control Theory Social Support Theory | In-person 1.5 h workshop led by the study interventionist and used to raise awareness of current health behaviors vs. national recommendations, distribute pedometers, and introduce reoccurring campaign elements |
Campaign elements | |||
 Center displays | Interpersonal | Social Support Theory | Poster and visual materials provided to the director at the outset of each campaign to create/update a bulletin board display where co-workers could read motivational messages, share personal goals, and track group activities |
 Informational magazines | Intrapersonal | Perceptual Control Theory | Attractive magazines (16–24 pages) distributed to workers that offered information about the benefits of and strategies for improving health behaviors |
 CARE website – goal setting and self- monitoring | Intrapersonal | Perceptual Control Theory | Interactive website that prompted workers at the beginning of each campaign to set behavior goals—one on physical activity and one on another health behavior; then facilitated weekly logging of self-monitoring information about behavior goals |
 Tailored feedback | Intrapersonal | Perceptual Control Theory | Automated feedback sent to workers’ email or phone each week by the CARE website summarizing current behaviors and encouraging continued progress toward goals |
 Prompts | Intrapersonal | Perceptual Control Theory | Automated prompts sent to workers email or phone to remind them about self-monitoring (one per week) or to prompt physical activity (one every other week) |
 Prize raffles | Intrapersonal | Perceptual Control Theory | Incentives offered to workers that self-monitored and meeting goals (two per campaign) |
 Director coaching | Organizational | Diffusion of Innovation | One-on-one technical assistance and coaching calls between center directors and the study interventionist (one per campaign) to raise awareness of current workplace supports for health and safety and to set and monitor goals for improving these supports |