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  • Social network interventions are established methods for promoting physical activity.
  • Traditional interventions rely on self-reported peer nomination data.
  • Web-based communication data offers an underutilized resource for social network interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of social network interventions on physical activity levels (PALs) using web-based communication data versus peer nomination data.
  • To explore the role of influential peers identified through different network data sources.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized sociometric questionnaires, web-based communication messages, and daily step counts from 408 adolescents across 21 school classes.
  • Applied social network analysis and agent-based modeling to simulate intervention impacts.
  • Identified influential peers using centrality measures (in-degree, closeness, betweenness) to disseminate health education.

Main Results:

  • A 24%-27% overlap was found in influential peers identified by both network types.
  • Simulations indicated interventions could increase PALs by 5.0%-5.8% within two months.
  • Web-based communication networks showed a slightly higher predicted median impact on PALs across centrality measures compared to peer nomination networks.

Conclusions:

  • Social network interventions utilizing web-based communication data can effectively increase physical activity levels.
  • Web-based data presents a valuable supplement to peer nomination data for designing future interventions.
  • Artificial intelligence methods, such as agent-based modeling, are crucial for optimizing network intervention design and understanding their effectiveness.