Enhancing adapted physical activity training for community organizations: co-construction and evaluation of training modules.

ABSTRACT: Community-based physical activity programmes benefit persons with disabilities. However, there is a lack of evidence-based tools to support kinesiologists' training in such programmes. This study aimed to co-create and evaluate physical activity training modules for community-based adapted physical activity (APA) programmes. In Phase 1, a working group (n = 8) consisting of staff, kinesiologists from two community-based APA programmes, and researchers met over four online meetings to discuss needs, co-create training modules, and assess usability. In Phase 2, a pre-post quasi-experimental design evaluated changes in capability, opportunity, and motivation of kinesiologists (n = 14) after completing the training modules, which included standardized mock client assessments and participant ra

SUBMITTER: Saadawi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11756304 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature