Evaluating Implementation and Impact of Provincial Scale-up of the Adapted Choose to Move (CTM) Program

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · Jun 4, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Choose to Move (CTM) a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up in phases across British Columbia (BC), Canada. To date (Phases 1-4), CTM participants have included mostly white older women living in large urban centres. In this project, the investigators aim to expand the reach of CTM to more diverse populations of underserved older adults across BC.

Within CTM (Phase 4), trained activity coaches support older adults in two ways. First, in a one-on-one consultation, activity coaches help participants to set goals and create action plans fo...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion criteria:
• • Central support unit staff member
• • Activity coach hired by delivery partner organization (activity coaches must speak English to participate in the evaluation);
• • English-speaking older adults (aged \>=50 years) who participate in CTM (recruited by delivery partner organizations) will be invited to participate in the evaluation;
• • Punjabi-speaking older adults will also be invited to participate in the evaluation if they can read English or Punjabi and/or if the activity coach or a member of the research team has the necessary language skills to ensure effective communication of the Punjabi language translated consent form and surveys.
• Exclusion criteria:
• • non-English speaking activity coaches
• • CTM participants \< 50 years
• • CTM participants who do not speak either English or Punjabi