Table 1 Physical activity counseling intervention curriculum outline with sessions delivered over a 9-week duration (weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9)
Session | Outline | HAPA components addressed |
|---|---|---|
1 –pre-work | • Reflection on  o PA and exercise definitions  o Experience with exercise  o Outcome expectancies and risk perceptions | • Outcome expectancies • Risk perception |
1 | • Introductions • Establish group guidelines |  |
• Pre-work review:  o PA and exercise definitions  o Outcome expectancies and risk perception of PA/exercise | • Same as pre-work | |
• Discussion of past successful PA/exercise experiences • Exploration of benefits and costs (i.e., pros and cons) of changing PA health behavior or remaining in current state • Reinforcement for increasing PA | • Task self-efficacy • Maintenance self-efficacy • Outcome expectancies | |
2 –pre-work | • PA and exercise idea generation | • Action planning |
2 | • Education about PA and exercise recommendations and benefits, including cardiovascular exercise, resistance training, and quantifying PA/exercise parameters |  |
• PA/exercise planning for the next week with adjustment as needed to increase self-efficacy in task completion | • Action planning • Task self-efficacy • Maintenance self-efficacy | |
3 –pre-work | • Completion of one-week PA/exercise plan | • Action/action control |
• Goal setting for 1 and 2 weeks | • Outcome expectancies • Action planning | |
3 | • Goal review from pre-work • Reflection on impact of goals on life | • Same as pre-work |
• Setting two-week PA/exercise plan | • Action planning | |
• Education about physical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal resources • Resource identification | • Resources | |
• Self-efficacy review and planning to increase self-efficacy for PA/exercise plan | • Task self-eefficacy • Maintenance self-efficacy | |
4 –pre-work | • Reflection on plan implementation • Revision of goals from session 3 as needed | • Outcome expectancies • Action planning |
4 | • Identification of barriers encountered • Idea generation for overcoming barriers • Identification of resources used | • Barriers • Coping planning • Resources |
• Goal update from pre-work and action planning for next month | • Same as pre-work • Action planning | |
• Exploration of self-efficacy in plan maintenance in the face of barriers and identification of ways to increase self-efficacy | • Task self-efficacy • Maintenance self-efficacy | |
• Coping strategy generation for anticipated future barriers • Reflection on recovery self-efficacy and identification of helpful coping strategies | • Barriers • Coping plan • Recovery self-efficacy | |
5 – pre-work | • Continued PA/exercise plan implementation • Reflection on plan implementation consistency, barriers, resources, lapses, and coping strategies | • Outcome expectancies • Action/action control • Barriers • Resources • Coping plan • Recovery self-efficacy |
5 | • PA/exercise plan implementation review and related reflections from pre-work • Education and planning for exercise progression • Goal progression | • Same as pre-work • Action/action control • Maintenance self-efficacy |