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| Melissa A NapolitanoSummaryAffiliation: Rhode Island Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Targeting and tailoring physical activity information using print and information technologiesMelissa A Napolitano
Center for Physical Activity Research, Brown Medical School and the Miriam Hospital Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 30:122-8. 2002..This paper focuses on targeting and tailoring physical activity information, and the use of mediated interventions, specifically those using print, and other information technologies for promoting physical activity...- Evaluation of an internet-based physical activity intervention: a preliminary investigationMelissa A Napolitano
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, USA
Ann Behav Med 25:92-9. 2003..As Internet access increases, and as bandwidth and other technical attributes of this medium improve, Web site delivered health behavior interventions will become increasingly useful in public health promotion... - Telephone versus print delivery of an individualized motivationally tailored physical activity intervention: Project STRIDEBess H Marcus
Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Health Psychol 26:401-9. 2007..The authors tested 2 delivery channels, telephone and print, to determine whether one was more effective in promoting physical activity... 
Mediators of physical activity behavior change: findings from a 12-month randomized controlled trialGeorge D Papandonatos
Department of Biostatistics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Health Psychol 31:512-20. 2012..To examine putative mediators of a 12-month motivationally tailored physical activity (PA) promotion intervention...- Does tailoring on additional theoretical constructs enhance the efficacy of a print-based physical activity promotion intervention?David M Williams
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Health Psychol 30:432-41. 2011..To enhance a previously efficacious individually tailored physical activity (PA) promotion intervention by adding theoretical constructs to the tailored feedback... - Step into Motion: a randomized trial examining the relative efficacy of Internet vs. print-based physical activity interventionsBess H Marcus
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:737-47. 2007..This study will have implications for the dissemination of Internet-based physical activity interventions... 
Comparing psychosocial predictors of physical activity adoption and maintenanceDavid M Williams
Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Bldg, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:186-94. 2008..Most health behavior models do not distinguish between determinants of behavior adoption and maintenance...- A comparison of Internet and print-based physical activity interventionsBess H Marcus
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:944-9. 2007..Using the Internet to deliver a tailored physical activity intervention offers an alternative to print that might be available to larger populations at a lower cost... - Interventions to increase walking behaviorDavid M Williams
Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:S567-73. 2008..Incorporating individually tailored programs into broader mass media campaigns may be an important next step, and the Internet could be a useful vehicle... - Commit to Quit in the YMCAs: translating an evidence-based quit smoking program for women into a community settingJessica A Whiteley
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1227-35. 2007..Preliminary feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated as we translated an evidence-based intervention into the YMCA setting... - Outcomes from the women's wellness project: a community-focused physical activity trial for womenMelissa A Napolitano
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 43:447-53. 2006..Given the low rates of physical activity participation, innovative intervention approaches are needed to make a public health impact... - User attitudes toward a physical activity promotion websiteChristopher N Sciamanna
Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Corro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 35:612-5. 2002..CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the website was well accepted and few barriers were noted. Areas of the website that were used less frequently or found to be less helpful will become areas of focus for future iterations of the site... - Worksite and communications-based promotion of a local walking pathMelissa A Napolitano
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Community Health 31:326-42. 2006..6% at baseline to 75.5% during the campaign (p = .097). This study shows initial promise of a theoretically based communications intervention to increase knowledge of physical activity and to promote walking... - Examination of print and telephone channels for physical activity promotion: Rationale, design, and baseline data from Project STRIDEBess H Marcus
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:90-104. 2007..print) for physical activity adoption and short-term maintenance among previously sedentary adults... - Cost-effectiveness of alternative approaches for motivating activity in sedentary adults: results of Project STRIDEMary Ann Sevick
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Prev Med 45:54-61. 2007..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of non-face-to-face interventions for increasing physical activity in sedentary adults. The study took place in Providence, Rhode Island between the years 2000 and 2004... - Is physical activity a gateway behavior for diet? Findings from a physical activity trialGareth R Dutton
Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, 1115 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4300, USA
Prev Med 46:216-21. 2008..The current investigation examined cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between health behaviors within the context of a physical activity (PA) intervention... - Barriers and motivators for strength training among women of color and Caucasian womenMaureen O'Dougherty
Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
Women Health 47:41-62. 2008..Major impediments to adherence included competing obligations and related scheduling difficulties; life transitions; and declining or insufficient social motivators... - Mediators of physical activity behavior change: a multivariate approachMelissa A Napolitano
Temple University, Department of Kinesiology, USA
Health Psychol 27:409-18. 2008..5; 82% women)... - Psychosocial factors related to physical activity and weight loss in overweight womenKara I Gallagher
Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:971-80. 2006..05). CONCLUSION: Targeting self-efficacy, behavioral strategies, and barriers in weight management programs may improve physical activity, which may result in improved weight loss in overweight adults...