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Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Exercise is Medicine Canada on Campus Groups
Brittany M McEachern1, Julia Jackson1, Susan Yungblut2
11 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Health Promotion Practice
|February 22, 2019
Summary
The Exercise is Medicine Canada on Campus program identified common barriers and facilitators to student-led physical activity promotion. Understanding these factors can improve program success and similar health initiatives in academic settings.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Promotion
- Academic Health Initiatives
Background:
- The Exercise is Medicine Canada on Campus (EIMC-OC) program promotes physical activity among students.
- 38 EIMC-OC groups operate, but implementation challenges and enablers are undocumented.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify barriers and facilitators for EIMC-OC group implementation.
- Investigate the implementation levels at which these factors operate.
Main Methods:
- Survey and semistructured interviews with 22 EIMC-OC group leaders (representing 12 groups).
- Data collected in Winter 2016, analyzed using thematic analysis based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).
Main Results:
- Identified 18 barriers and 24 facilitators, with 4 acting as both.
- Common barriers: time constraints, communication with healthcare professionals.
- Common facilitators: inter-group collaboration, advertising.
Conclusions:
- EIMC-OC groups encounter consistent barriers and facilitators across diverse contexts.
- Influencers align with CFIR's inner setting and process domains.
- Findings offer recommendations for enhancing EIMC-OC and other campus health initiatives.
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