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Background <p>People living in rural communities face increased barriers and fewer opportunities for regular participation in physical activity compared to those living in urban centers. This project aimed to map barriers and facilitators of physical activity in rural communities to the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel to identify intervention functions.</p> Methods <p>We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with participants from rural communities in two sparsely populated regions in British Columbia, Canada. Interview questions were framed using the Theoretical Domains Framework and focused on beliefs and lived experiences of physical activity. Deductive analysis involved identifying barriers and facilitators to physical activity and mapping them to the Theoretical Domains Framework and capability, opportunity, and motivation (COM-B) of the Behaviour Change Wheel. Barriers and facilitators were used to identify potential intervention functions and policy levers to change physical activity behaviour in rural communities.</p> Results <p>Participants included 46 individuals aged 22 to 77 years (36 women) living in rural communities (population size &lt; 100–13,000 people). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity were predominant in the domains of Social Influences, Environmental Context and Resources, and Beliefs About Consequences. Specific barriers and facilitators were identified related to the availability of friends or family with whom to be physically active; weather-related factors; programming and infrastructure for physical activity; knowledge of local opportunities; and beliefs about healthy aging and fear of injuries. Based on mapping barriers and facilitators to the Behaviour Change Wheel, physical activity intervention strategies for rural communities should focus on environmental restructuring, modelling, and enablement.</p> Conclusion <p>To improve physical activity in rural communities, interventions at municipal and provincial levels should focus on addressing barriers, such as infrastructure and policy supportive of physical activity, and leveraging existing facilitators, such as access to outdoor physical activity opportunities.</p> Clinical trial number <p>not applicable.</p>

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Barriers and facilitators to physical activity in rural communities: using the Behaviour Change Wheel to identify intervention functions

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    2025年10月3日

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  • Chelsea Pelletier,
  • Kirsten Ward,
  • Cameron Aird,
  • Mary Jung,
  • Gloria Fox,
  • Anne Pousette,
  • Guy Faulkner

摘要

Background

People living in rural communities face increased barriers and fewer opportunities for regular participation in physical activity compared to those living in urban centers. This project aimed to map barriers and facilitators of physical activity in rural communities to the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel to identify intervention functions.

Methods

We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with participants from rural communities in two sparsely populated regions in British Columbia, Canada. Interview questions were framed using the Theoretical Domains Framework and focused on beliefs and lived experiences of physical activity. Deductive analysis involved identifying barriers and facilitators to physical activity and mapping them to the Theoretical Domains Framework and capability, opportunity, and motivation (COM-B) of the Behaviour Change Wheel. Barriers and facilitators were used to identify potential intervention functions and policy levers to change physical activity behaviour in rural communities.

Results

Participants included 46 individuals aged 22 to 77 years (36 women) living in rural communities (population size < 100–13,000 people). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity were predominant in the domains of Social Influences, Environmental Context and Resources, and Beliefs About Consequences. Specific barriers and facilitators were identified related to the availability of friends or family with whom to be physically active; weather-related factors; programming and infrastructure for physical activity; knowledge of local opportunities; and beliefs about healthy aging and fear of injuries. Based on mapping barriers and facilitators to the Behaviour Change Wheel, physical activity intervention strategies for rural communities should focus on environmental restructuring, modelling, and enablement.

Conclusion

To improve physical activity in rural communities, interventions at municipal and provincial levels should focus on addressing barriers, such as infrastructure and policy supportive of physical activity, and leveraging existing facilitators, such as access to outdoor physical activity opportunities.

Clinical trial number

not applicable.