S05E02 – Exploring Facilitators and Barriers to Performing Workplace Physical Activity to Relieve Stress

“For me, my research, I can sum it up in eight words in four steps: Sit less; move more; feel better; live longer.”In observance of Black History Month, Dr. LaTerica Thomas, an HBCU alumna and author of “Facilitators and Barriers to Performing Workplace Physical Activity to Relieve Stress at the Florida Department of Health.” Dr. Thomas shares the context and priorities regarding her dissertation study, which led to this publication, her first in Health Promotion Practice. Tips for those who oversee worksite health promotion programs, supervisors, and employees are divulged in this episode.This episode references the article “Facilitatorsand Barriers to Performing Workplace Physical Activity to Relieve Stress at the Florida Department of Health” by LaTerica Thomas and colleagues.