Facilitating social interaction and connectedness (Lower order theme)
At six-months, participants described REACT session leaders as fostering social interaction amongst the group. They employed games and encouraged PA outside of REACT that was social. This was not reported explicitly at 12-months, however, supportive group was commonly reported at 12-months implying that the fostering of social interaction by the session leaders was more important during the earlier months of the REACT intervention and that, once social connections were made, the group itself became responsible for maintaining them.