Worksite walking intervention REVISED 7 / 15 / 12 “ ASUKI Step ” pedometer intervention in university staff : rationale and design
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“ASUKI Step” pedometer intervention in university staff: rationale and design
BACKGROUND We describe the study design and methods used in a 9-month pedometer-based worksite intervention called "ASUKI Step" conducted at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden and Arizona State University (ASU) in the greater Phoenix area, Arizona. METHODS/DESIGN "ASUKI Step" was based on the theory of social support and a quasi-experimental design was used for evaluation. Pa...
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تاریخ انتشار 2012