Jeanine M. Parisi|Jen-Tsai Kuo|George W. Rebok|Xue Qin|Linda P. Fried|Tara L. Gruenewald|Jin Huang|Teresa E. Seeman|David L. Roth|Elizabeth K. Tanner|Michelle C. Carlson
Increases in Lifestyle Activities as a Result of Experience Corps® Participation
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Columbia University|University of Southern California|Johns Hopkins University|University of California, Los Angeles|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
experience corps ec designed simultaneously increase cognitive social physical activity highintensity volunteerism elementary school classrooms therefore highly likely ec participation may alter preexisting patterns lifestyle activity study examined impact realworld volunteer engagement frequency participation various lifestyle activities 2year period specifically examined interventionrelated changes reported activity levels 12 24 months postbaseline using intentiontotreat itt complier average causal effect cace analyses account amount program exposure itt analyses indicated compared control group ec participants reported modest increases approximately half daymonth overall activity level especially intellectual physical activities 12 months postbaseline increases activity found 24month assessment cace models revealed similar findings overall activity well intellectual physical activities 12 months additionally cace findings suggested modest increases social activity 12 months intellectual passive activities 24 months postbaseline communitybased health promotion intervention potential impact lifestyle activity may lead longterm increases activity positive cognitive physical psychosocial health outcomes