TY - JOUR AU - Southard, Kathryn J. AU - Rhoades, Jesse Lee AU - Whitehead, James R. AU - Walch, Tanis J. PY - 2018/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Signage Intervention Decreases Inactive Study Breaks in College Students JF - American Journal of Health Studies JA - AJHS VL - 33 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.47779/ajhs.2018.56 UR - https://amjhealthstudies.com/index.php/ajhs/article/view/56 SP - AB - <p>The purpose was to examine the effectiveness of a signage intervention in a university library to<br>promote the use of active (AB) compared to inactive (IB) study breaks. College-age students (n=458) were<br>observed over three weeks; pre, intervention, and post-intervention. Table tents and signs posted in the li-<br>brary encouraged students to take AB. Two trained researchers collected data using systematic observation.<br>AB was higher during the intervention compared to pre- and post- (p≤0.05) and IB were lower compared<br>to pre (p≤0.05). Visual reminders while studying may positively influence activity, and may be necessary<br>for continued AB.</p> ER -