Purpose: To describe the implementation of Make Your Move Experience (MYME) between 2015 and 2017.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting: Make Your Move Experience is a culturally sensitive worksite wellness program in South Texas designed to encourage sedentary workers to engage in physical activity.
Participants: In total, 681 individuals from 19 different organizations.
Intervention: UTHealth School of Public Health in Brownsville staff recruited individuals within local organizations to join MYME. At the end of the 3 months, organizations in which employees met MYME goals earned an incentive-bike rack or hydration station-selected to be permanent features of the local environment and facilitate physical activity.
Measures: Participant self-reported gender, physical activity level prior to joining MYME (beginner or experienced), and weekly miles of biking, walking, or running completed.
Analysis: Mean number of miles biked, walked, and ran each month were compared between (1) beginners and experienced, (2) men and women, and (3) in fall 2016 and spring 2017 using tests.
Results: Beginners initiated physical activity by walking. Men biked more miles than women did ( < .05 all 3 years). Bike riders cycled fewer miles (20.2 miles vs 44.9 miles; = .03) and walkers covered fewer miles (195.4 miles vs 266.7 miles; = .04) in fall 2016 compared to spring 2017.
Conclusions: Participation in MYME, a culturally appropriate intervention delivered at the worksite, facilitated an increase in physical activity levels among sedentary individuals.
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