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PURPOSE
To promote active commuting to work (ACW) using socio-ecological intervention.
This poster reports the preliminary effects on employees’ intention and
behavior related to ACW.
Socio-ecological intervention to
promote active commuting to work:
Changes in employees’ intention and behavior
Johanna Tiilikainen, Kari Tokola, Tommi Vasankari, Harri Sievänen, Jaana Suni, Minna Aittasalo
UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
CONCLUSIONS
Environmental change in Phase 1 increased employees’ intention for ACW. No change was
seen in actual ACW behavior after either of the phases, which may be partly explained by
the short exposure time (6 months) to the strategies.
2 workpaces
16 4socio-ecological
levels
METHODS
PHASE 2
Area 1
11
PHASE 1
Environmental
Individual
Organizational
Interpersonal
Area 1 + 2
16
Assessment before and
after walking and
cycling trail improvements.
Assessment before and
after social and behavioral
strategies in both groups.
Strategies only in EXP.
RESULTS
Employees’ intention and behavior related to ACW
AFTER PHASE 1
Average increase 0.5
days per week (p<0.001)
No statistically
significant change
AFTER PHASE 2
No statistically significant between-group
differences
Car as a primary means of commuting was
slightly decreased and ACW increased but not
statistically significantly
workplace
areas
8 experimental (EXP)
workplaces (n=325)
8 comparison (COM)
workplaces (n=163)
CHANGES IN
Intention to ACW
Behavior related to ACW
workplaces
(baseline n=909 employees)
workplaces
randomized
Individual
Environmental
Organizational
Interpersonal