Major Component | Sub-component | Description | IT-based Intervention Arm | Print-based Intervention Arm |
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Educational Materials | ||||
Physical Activity | ||||
What is physical activity | Description of | ✓ | ✓ | |
- What is ‘physical activity’ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
- The different intensities of physical activity | ✓ | ✓ | ||
- The physical activity guidelines for Australian adults | ||||
Benefits of physical activity | Summary of the health, social and economic benefits of physical activity participation | ✓ | ✓ | |
Where to be active | Summary of the locations to be physically active in the study area, including parks, community facilities, commercial recreation centres. | ✓ | ✓ | |
Getting started | Summary of the steps people should do to minimise risk when commencing a physical activity regime, including link to pre-exercise screening tool. Includes information on selecting the correct equipment for the activity, warming up, stretching, cooling down, progressively increasing activity, hydration and sun safety. | ✓ | ✓ | |
Further information | URLs of other health promotion websites and resources for further information on physical activity | ✓ | ✓ | |
Healthy Eating | ||||
What is healthy eating | Description of | |||
- What is ‘healthy eating’ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
- Where appropriate a serving size is defined | ✓ | ✓ | ||
- The healthy eating guidelines for Australian adults | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Benefits of healthy eating | Summary of the health benefits of healthy eating | ✓ | ✓ | |
Where to eat healthily | Summary of the outlets that provide fresh food options in the study area | ✓ | ✓ | |
Getting started | Summary of strategies to make choosing healthy eating a part of daily routines | ✓ | ✓ | |
Further information | URL addresses of other health promotion websites and resources for further information on healthy eating | ✓ | ✓ | |
Body Weight | ||||
What is a healthy body weight | Description of how a healthy body weight is defined using BMI and waist circumference | ✓ | ✓ | |
Benefits of a healthy body weight | Summary of the health benefits of maintaining a healthy body weight | ✓ | ✓ | |
How to achieve a healthy body weight | Summary of the strategies that can be used to maintain and/or achieve a healthy body weight | ✓ | ✓ | |
Further information | URL addresses of other health promotion websites and resources to assist in maintaining and/or achieving a healthy body weight | ✓ | ✓ | |
Self-monitoring | - Ability to record progress towards completing any of the challenges | ✓ | ✓ | |
- Ability to record body weight, height and waist circumference | ✓ | |||
- Automatically generated summary of all data recorded | ✓ | |||
- Ability to schedule an activity and receive text or email reminder | ✓ | |||
- Visual summary of progress towards completing ManUp challenges | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Social-support | - Ability to view ‘mates’ progress | ✓ | ||
- Ability to comment on a the profile page of a mate | ✓ | |||
- Ability to complete group based challenges | ✓ | |||
ManUp challenges | Light, Mid and Full Strength Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Challenges | ✓ | ✓ |