Opportunities for Physical Activity Behavior Change Among Emergency Medical Services Clinicians: Qualitative Investigation
Behavioral determinants of physical inactivity included a theme of negative implicit associations around physical activity among some participants and need for achievable goal setting, self-monitoring, and building positive social support networks. Further investigation is needed to develop and test toolsets to improve physical activity behaviors among EMS clinicians.
Authors
- Simon A. Mahler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-4078)
- Anna C. Snavely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-4255)
- Justin B. Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4059-0538)
- Jason T. Fanning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-1698)
- James E. Winslow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7557-9989)
- Jason P. Stopyra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-3969)
- Allison Chandler
- Michael Supples (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5999-4554)
- Nicklaus P. Ashburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3466-8813)
- Stephen Powell
Institutions
- Prevention Institute (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2479124
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00