Table 2.

The final intervention

Level of Influence	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Individual	• Weekly email (from management) containing: educational YouTube™ video and links to “reminder” software	• Weekly email (from management) with “Top Tips”	• Weekly email (from management) with “Top Tips” and link to the University’s wellness programme Health Checks	• Weekly email (from management) with “Top Tips”
Social	• Workplace champions promote stand-up/walking meetings/teaching sessions • “Incidental” walking - talking not emailing	• Lunchtime walks - supported by workplace champions	• Workplace champions promote standing/walking meetings	• Further lunchtime sessions (linked in with the University’s wellness programme) supported by workplace champions
Organisational	• Email sent from Dean to introduce the intervention, “Sit Less ScHARR!”	• Management support standing/walking meetings	• Management “lead by example” – take standing/walking meetings, regular breaks	• Final email from management to support improvements and advise they continue
Environmental	• Encourage using a different printer • Point of decision prompts: posters next to the lifts/office clocks	• Encourage working/having lunch in a different location • Point-of-decision prompts: posters encouraging standing/walking meetings	• Encourage meetings in a different location • Point-of-decision prompts: posters to drink more water	• Encourage using a different toilet