Published on in Vol 3 , No 4 (2015) :Oct-Dec

A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program

A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program

A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program

Katie Morton 1, 2 , BSc,MSc,PhD,CPsychol ;   Stephen Sutton 1 , BA,MSc,PhD,CPsychol ;   Wendy Hardeman 1, 3 , MSc,PhD ;   Jacqui Troughton 4 , BSc,MSc ;   Tom Yates 5, 6 , BSc,MSc,PhD ;   Simon Griffin 7 , FRCGP,DM,DLSHTM,MSc,MBBS,MRCGP ;   Melanie Davies 4, 5, 6 , MB,ChB,MD,FRCP,FRCGP ;   Kamlesh Khunti 4, 6, 8 , MD,PhD,FRCGP,FRCP ;   Helen Eborall 9 , BSc,MSc,PhD

1 Behavioural Science Group, Primary Care Unit , Department of Public Health and Primary Care , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

2 UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) , MRC Epidemiology Unit , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

3 School of Health Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich , GB

4 Leicester Diabetes Centre , University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust , Leicester , GB

5 NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle, and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit , Leicester , GB

6 Diabetes Research Centre , College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology , University of Leicester , Leicester , GB

7 Primary Care Unit , Department of Public Health and Primary Care , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

8 NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - East Midlands (NIHR CLAHRC- EM) , East Midlands , GB

9 Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group , Department of Health Sciences , Universtiy of Leicester , Leicester , GB

Corresponding Author:

  • Helen Eborall , BSc,MSc,PhD
  • Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group
  • Department of Health Sciences
  • Universtiy of Leicester
  • 22-28 Princess Road West
  • Leicester
  • GB
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  • Email: hce3@le.ac.uk