Active Living Leaders Training Program for adults with XXXX : a pilot study.

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STUDY DESIGN: Quasi-experimental pre-post design with 6-month follow-up. OBJECTIVES: Active Living Leaders Training Program (ALLTP) equips individuals with knowledge and skills to encourage those with @entity1566 ( @entity1566 ) to increase their leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). The purpose of this pilot study was to, first, (i) evaluate @entity1 ' perceptions of the relevance/usefulness of ALLTP material/presentation, (ii) examine changes in @entity1 ' self-efficacy to promote LTPA, (iii) identify program components associated with greater self-efficacy and, second, measure @entity1 ' use of ALLTP skills and resources over the subsequent 6 months. SETTING: Canada. METHODS: Six @entity1566 fitness trainers and six adults with @entity1566 completed the three sections of ALLTP and, after each section, provided feedback. Six months later, @entity1 ' use of resources and skills was assessed. Means, standard deviations, repeated measures analysis of variance and Pearson's correlations were computed. RESULTS: Relevance/usefulness of the program was rated favorably. Self-efficacy to speak about and encourage LTPA remained high throughout the ALLTP and was positively correlated with the relevance/usefulness of program content and presentation. At follow-up, @entity1 had discussed LTPA with an average of seven @entity1 with disabilities and reported using at least one skill and resource from the ALLTP during those discussions. CONCLUSIONS: Users had positive perceptions of ALLTP and reported using the training to promote LTPA to others with disabilities. @entity1 feedback has been used to improve ALLTP. ALLTP can now be used to train @entity1 with @entity1566 and @entity1566 fitness trainers to promote LTPA to others with disabilities.
