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Annie Gornall1, Lucie Lévesque1, Ronald J Sigal2
1School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Objective:
To explore physical activity (PA) education delivery in Ontario Diabetes Education Centres (DECs).
Methods:
Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with diabetes educators involved in PA education from 26 (55%) of 47 eligible centres. Frequency analysis was used to assess responses to closed questions, and qualitative analysis was used to investigate spontaneous comments about PA education content and delivery.
Results:
Respondents were 61.5% registered nurses, 23% registered dietitians, 7.7% kinesiologists and 7.7% others. All (100%) reported doing something to address PA education, including the following: exercise prescription (73%), PA-specific behavioural counselling (88%), PA follow-up (77%) and providing written materials (92%). However, a substantial proportion of educators did not feel comfortable with their own skills and training in this area.
Conclusions:
There is a lack of standardization in the content and delivery of PA education in Ontario DECs, and many diabetes educators feel that they lack the skills and training related to PA counselling.
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