Clinical trial NCT03548077: POWERPLAY: Promoting Men's Health at Work
Official title: Harmonization Project: Men's Healthy Eating Active Living (MHEAL)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Men
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Cancer
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Athabasca University
name: Northern Health, British Columbia, Canada
name: British Columbia Cancer Agency
name: Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
First posted: 2018-06-06
Enrollment: 227
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Quasi-experimental, pre-post study design
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: With funding from the Candian Cancer Society, the Men's Healthy Eating Active Living (MHEAL) project began the development, evaluation, and optimization of a program called POWERPLAY to promote men's health at work.

Detailed description: The MHEAL project began November 2013 and a program (called "POWERPLAY") was developed to support men's active living and healthy eating based on a systematic review of the literature and consultations with groups of men. From 2014-2017 six male-dominated worksites in northern BC offered POWERPLAY and participated in this study. Using a quasi-experimental pre-post design as well as interviews with worksite leads, the program was demonstrated to be an effective, feasible, and acceptable approach to the promotion of modifiable behaviours known to reduce the risk of cancer among working men in northern settings, and several manuscripts were published. Furthermore, the POWERPLAY program was optimized based on feedback received to include friendly competitions, weekly motivational messages, men-friendly language/images, and pedometers, and a manual for employers and website were developed (http://www.powerplayatwork.com/). A new module to support mental well-being was created in 2017 based on a systematic review of the literature for men's mental wellness programs, consultations with men working in northern workplaces, and interviews with workplace representatives. A module to support smoking cessation module was created in 2018.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Men employed in participating workplaces, full-time or part-time, in any position within the organization

Exclusion Criteria:

Although females were not discouraged from participating in the POWERPLAY program, they were not included in the evaluation.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Healthy Eating
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kelowna
country: Canada
facility: Faculty of Health and Social Development
state: British Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of British Columbia
name: Joan L Bottorff, PhD, RN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bottorff JL, Seaton CL, Johnson ST, Caperchione CM, Oliffe JL, More K, Jaffer-Hirji H, Tillotson SM. An Updated Review of Interventions that Include Promotion of Physical Activity for Adult Men. Sports Med. 2015 Jun;45(6):775-800. doi: 10.1007/s40279-014-0286-3.
citation: Caperchione CM, Sharp P, Bottorff JL, Stolp S, Oliffe JL, Johnson ST, Jones-Bricker M, Errey S, Christian H, Healy T, Medhurst K, Lamont S. The POWERPLAY workplace physical activity and nutrition intervention for men: Study protocol and baseline characteristics. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Sep;44:42-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.07.013. Epub 2015 Jul 14.
citation: Oliffe JL, Bottorff JL, Sharp P, Caperchione CM, Johnson ST, Healy T, Lamont S, Jones-Bricker M, Medhurst K, Errey S. Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men's Perspectives. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1664-1672. doi: 10.1177/1557988315619372. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
citation: Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Jones-Bricker M, Oliffe JL, DeLeenheer D, Medhurst K. Men's Mental Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1823-1837. doi: 10.1177/1557988317728353. Epub 2017 Sep 8.
citation: Johnson ST, Stolp S, Seaton C, Sharp P, Caperchione CM, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Jones-Bricker M, Lamont S, Medhurst K, Errey S, Healy T. A Men's Workplace Health Intervention: Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Aug;58(8):765-9. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793.
citation: Caperchione CM, Stolp S, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Johnson ST, Seaton C, Sharp P, Jones-Bricker M, Lamont S, Errey S, Healy T, Medhurst K, Christian H, Klitch M. Changes in Men's Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Knowledge and Behavior as a Result of Program Exposure: Findings From the Workplace POWERPLAY Program. J Phys Act Health. 2016 Dec;13(12):1364-1371. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0111. Epub 2016 Sep 6.
citation: Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Jones-Bricker M, Caperchione CM, Johnson ST, Sharp P. Acceptability of the POWERPLAY Program: A Workplace Health Promotion Intervention for Men. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1809-1822. doi: 10.1177/1557988317728354. Epub 2017 Sep 8.