Rowland Sheri A, Cohen Marlene Z, Pullen Carol H, Schulz Paula S, Berg Kris E, Yates Bernice C
1 University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Workplace Health Saf. 2018 Sep;66(9):437-443. doi: 10.1177/2165079918782258. Epub 2018 Jun 29.
A workplace physical activity (PA) study tested a novel use of peers to deliver the intervention. Peer models provided vicarious experience for living physically active lifestyles to a group of inactive women. The purpose of this study was to describe participants' perceptions of the peer modeling intervention. Nine women from the intervention group ( n = 26) participated in a 90-minute focus group. Qualitative description using thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the focus group transcript. Two themes about the intervention were "I am left wanting more" and "focus on food." Two themes about the peer models were "real people" and "it is doable." Focus group participants perceived the peer modeling PA intervention favorably; however, they desired more attention to healthy eating and more time with peer models. Replication of the study accounting for themes identified by focus group participants is needed to strengthen the peer modeling intervention.
一项职场身体活动（PA）研究测试了一种利用同伴来实施干预的新方法。同伴榜样为一群缺乏运动的女性提供了亲身参与积极生活方式的替代体验。本研究的目的是描述参与者对同伴榜样干预的看法。干预组的9名女性（共26名）参加了一个90分钟的焦点小组。采用主题分析的定性描述方法从焦点小组记录中识别主题。关于干预的两个主题是“我还想要更多”和“关注食物”。关于同伴榜样的两个主题是“真实的人”和“这是可行的”。焦点小组参与者对同伴榜样的PA干预持积极看法；然而，他们希望更多地关注健康饮食，并能有更多时间与同伴榜样相处。需要重复该研究并考虑焦点小组参与者确定的主题，以加强同伴榜样干预。
