Data collection: implementation fidelity
Device-based
Evaluating the delivery of the intervention involved monitoring completion of training of workshop facilitators and OWG leaders and the extent to which each intervention component (i.e., workshop, OWG, WR) was delivered as planned at each site. For the OWG, sessions could be cancelled for safety reasons due to weather: temperature of 30 degrees Celsius or greater; winds of greater than 30 km per hour; poor air quality (based on high-risk classification by the Government of Canada) [Table Process evaluation plan
Device-based information related to the walk sessions was collected with ActiGraph activity monitors (GT3X + , ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL) and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices (QStarz BT-Q1000XT A-GPS Travel Recorders) that were used in two of the OWG sessions (one session in week 3 and one session in week 9) to measure the distance, duration, and speed of the two continuous distance walks completed in that session. Participants wore both devices on an elastic belt which was positioned over the right hip. ActiLife 6 software (version 6.13.3; ActiGraph LLC) was used to initialize activity monitors to collect data at a sampling rate of 100 Hz [