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Feasibility of a telephone and web-based physical activity intervention for women shift workers

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Translational Behavioral Medicine

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Acknowledgements

SENS was supported by a doctoral student award and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This project was also supported by an operating grant from the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (PI: CCG). The study sponsors had no role in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the report or decision to submit the paper for publication.

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  1. School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    S. E. Neil-Sztramko PhD

  2. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    C. C. Gotay PhD

  3. Center of Excellence in Cancer Prevention, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    C. C. Gotay PhD & K. C. Campbell BSc PT PhD

  4. Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    C. M. Sabiston PhD

  5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    P. A. Demers PhD

  6. Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Canada

    P. A. Demers PhD

  7. Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, 212, Friedman Building, 2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

    K. C. Campbell BSc PT PhD

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This manuscript has not been published elsewhere, nor has it been simultaneously submitted elsewhere. This work was part of a doctoral dissertation by lead author Sarah Neil-Sztramko. As such, part of this work is published in the doctoral dissertation published in the University of British Columbia’s online dissertation repository. All authors have full control of all primary data and agree to allow the journal to review the data if requested. Ethical approval was provided by the University of British Columbia’s Research Ethics Board, and all participants provided written informed consent.

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Implications:

Policy:Workplaces with large numbers of shift workers may consider implementing strategies to help their workers become more active.

Research:Based on feasibility and preliminary efficacy, similar interventions should be evaluated using a randomised controlled trial to determine efficacy.

Practice:Targeted interventions aimed at increasing physical activity in shift workers are feasible to implement.

An erratum to this article is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-017-0522-0.

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Neil-Sztramko, S.E., Gotay, C.C., Sabiston, C.M. et al. Feasibility of a telephone and web-based physical activity intervention for women shift workers. Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res. 7, 268–276 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-017-0471-7

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