Table 1.
Description of intervention components
| Elements of Social Practice Theory (SPT) | Behaviour change technique (BCT) labels | BCT groups | Intervention components |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | 3.2 Social support (practical) | Social support | Encourage identification of a ‘buddy’ (e.g., group member, friend, relative) to provide support for physical activity (PA) Group feedback and discussion on methods to increase PA |
| 3.3 Social support (emotional) | Social support | ‘Buddy’ to provide peer support to increase PA Group to provide encouragement to other members to increase PA Researcher to provide encouragement for PA during group sessions and telephone calls |
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| 4.1 Instruction on how to perform a behaviour | Shaping knowledge | Education sessions to include advice on different methods to increase PA Distribute to participants the printed brochures and maps |
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| Meanings | 5.1 Information about health consequences | Natural consequences | Education sessions to include information on health benefits of PA and harms of lack of PA |
| 5.3 Information about social and environmental consequences | Natural consequences | Education sessions include information on environmental benefits of active travel | |
| 5.6 Information about emotional consequences | Natural consequences | Education sessions to include information on PA benefits for mental health and stress | |
| 13.1 Identification of self as role model | Identity | Inform participants during education sessions that they could be role model to family members and others in group | |
| Competencies | 1.2 Problem solving | Goals and planning | Telephone calls with researcher to discuss and provide solutions to barriers to engagement in PA encountered by participants Group feedback and discussion to discuss barriers to engagement in PA encountered and suggest solutions |
| 4.1 Instruction on how to perform a behaviour | Shaping knowledge | Education sessions to include advice on different behaviours to increase PA |