Key result
Heart and Soul program enhances physical activity social support in midlife women vs comparison group.
Why the study?
Does the Heart and Soul Physical Activity Program (HSPAP) improve social support domains in midlife women?
Does the Heart and Soul Physical Activity Program (HSPAP) improve social support domains in midlife women?
The church-based HSPAP intervention successfully enhanced several domains of social support and increased the number of physical activity supporters among midlife women.
Hypothesis-generating for church-based programs to boost social support in midlife women; larger trials needed before clinical adoption.
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in specific social support domains following the Heart and Soul Physical Activity Program (HSPAP). METHODS: This experimental repeated-measures nested-design study tested the church-based HSPAP, a social support intervention to promote physical activity in women. RESULTS: HSPAP participants revealed greater increases in perceived appraisal and esteem support, received tangible support and in the number of physical activity supporters than did the comparison group. HSPAP participants had a borderline significant increase in received appraisal support. CONCLUSION: As conceptualized, the HSPAP intervention enhanced several domains of social support and the number of physical activity supporters in midlife women.
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Jane A. Peterson (2008) studied this question. Heart and Soul Physical Activity Program (HSPAP) vs. Comparison group was evaluated on Changes in specific social support domains. The Heart and Soul Physical Activity Program enhanced several domains of social support and the number of physical activity supporters in midlife women compared to a comparison group.
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