This talk will review progress in the Stepping Up to Health study. Stepping Up to Health is an Internet mediated intervention to promote walking in people with or at risk for chronic diseases. A central component of the Stepping Up to Health intervention is graphical feedback of time stamped step-count data. Participants wear an enhanced pedometer that stores detailed step-count data. The enhanced pedometer can be connected to a personal computer to automatically upload data to the Stepping Up to Health web site over the Internet. We have completed an initial round of usability testing on the intervention and are currently making modifications based on user feedback in preparation for a randomized controlled trial.

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.6512168886/person_view"><b>Caroline Richardson</b></a>
is a family physician in the Department of Family Medicine at the
University Of Michigan Medical School.&nbsp; She has a joint
appointment with the VA Health Services Research and Development Center
for Practice Management and Outcomes research.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her research
interests include developing and testing cost-effective clinical
interventions to increase physical activity in people with or at risk
for chronic diseases.<br>
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