TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and optimisation of a multi-component workplace intervention to increase cycling for the Cycle Nation Project
AU - Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, Institute
AU - Logan, Greig
AU - Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, Institute
AU - Baker, Graham
AU - Broadfield, Sarah
AU - Bunn, Chris
AU - Harper, Luke
AU - Kelly, Paul
AU - McIntosh, Emma
AU - Pell, Jill P.
AU - Puttnam, Jill
AU - Robson, Sam
AU - Gill, Jason M.R.
AU - Gray, Cindy M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Allan Clare from HSBC UK for overseeing the Cycle Nation Project; Robbie George, and Allison Coles from British Cycling for additional work in development of the Cycle Nation Program intervention and delivery materials, and Will Henwood and Diana Farrell from British Cycling for support in training the Cycle Champions to deliver the intervention. We are also grateful to the HSBC UK staff and managers who participated in the intervention development focus groups, interviews, and workshops; the Cycle Champions who delivered the intervention; and the HSBC UK staff members who participated in the feasibility study.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Research Grant from British Cycling and HSBC UK.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Connell, Logan, Somers, Baker, Broadfield, Bunn, Harper, Kelly, McIntosh, Pell, Puttnam, Robson, Gill and Gray.
PY - 2022/10/26
Y1 - 2022/10/26
N2 - The Cycle Nation Project (CNP) aimed to develop, test the feasibility of and optimise a multi-component individual-/social-level workplace-based intervention to increase cycling among office staff at a multinational bank (HSBC UK). To do this, we first explored barriers to cycling in a nationally-representative survey of UK adults, then undertook focus groups with bank employees to understand any context-specific barriers and ways in which these might be overcome. These activities led to identification of 10 individual-level, two social-level, and five organisational-level modifiable factors, which were mapped to candidate intervention components previously identified in a scoping review of cycling initiatives. Interviews with HSBC UK managers then explored the practicality of implementing the candidate intervention components in bank offices. The resultant pilot CNP intervention included 32 core components across six intervention functions (education, persuasion, incentivisation, training, environmental restructuring, enablement). Participants received a loan bike for 12-weeks (or their own bike serviced), and a nine-week cycle training course (condensed to six weeks for those already confident in basic cycling skills), including interactive information sharing activities, behaviour change techniques (e.g. weekly goal setting), bike maintenance training, practical off-road cycling skill games and on-road group rides. Sessions were delivered by trained bank staff members who were experienced cyclists. The CNP pilot intervention was delivered across three sites with 68 participants. It was completed in two sites (the third site was stopped due to COVID-19) and was feasible and acceptable to both women and men and across different ethnicities. In addition, the CNP intervention was successful (at least in the short term) in increasing cycling by 3 rides/week on average, and improving perceptions of safety, vitality, confidence and motivation to cycle. Following minor modifications, the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the CNP intervention should be tested in a full-scale randomised controlled trial.
AB - The Cycle Nation Project (CNP) aimed to develop, test the feasibility of and optimise a multi-component individual-/social-level workplace-based intervention to increase cycling among office staff at a multinational bank (HSBC UK). To do this, we first explored barriers to cycling in a nationally-representative survey of UK adults, then undertook focus groups with bank employees to understand any context-specific barriers and ways in which these might be overcome. These activities led to identification of 10 individual-level, two social-level, and five organisational-level modifiable factors, which were mapped to candidate intervention components previously identified in a scoping review of cycling initiatives. Interviews with HSBC UK managers then explored the practicality of implementing the candidate intervention components in bank offices. The resultant pilot CNP intervention included 32 core components across six intervention functions (education, persuasion, incentivisation, training, environmental restructuring, enablement). Participants received a loan bike for 12-weeks (or their own bike serviced), and a nine-week cycle training course (condensed to six weeks for those already confident in basic cycling skills), including interactive information sharing activities, behaviour change techniques (e.g. weekly goal setting), bike maintenance training, practical off-road cycling skill games and on-road group rides. Sessions were delivered by trained bank staff members who were experienced cyclists. The CNP pilot intervention was delivered across three sites with 68 participants. It was completed in two sites (the third site was stopped due to COVID-19) and was feasible and acceptable to both women and men and across different ethnicities. In addition, the CNP intervention was successful (at least in the short term) in increasing cycling by 3 rides/week on average, and improving perceptions of safety, vitality, confidence and motivation to cycle. Following minor modifications, the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the CNP intervention should be tested in a full-scale randomised controlled trial.
KW - cycling
KW - workplace intervention
KW - active travel
KW - intervention development
KW - co-design
KW - evaluation
U2 - 10.3389/fspor.2022.857554
DO - 10.3389/fspor.2022.857554
M3 - Article
C2 - 36385778
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
JF - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
M1 - 857554
ER -