Formative research
fatigue
From August 2020 to February 2021, we conducted four videoconference meetings with our established community advisory board comprised of Spanish- and English-speaking residents from Boston public housing developments. The first meeting was used to introduce the individual-level telephone physical activity program and ask members to elaborate on what they see as barriers to physical activity among public housing residents and to comment on barriers previously identified in the literature (e.g., lack of time, familial influences and responsibilities, lack of basic knowledge related to physical activity, lack of transportation, lack of resources and inadequate places to participate in physical activity, increased fatigue and lack of energy, and barriers related to body image). We also shared potential message content and asked for feedback on message acceptability and desired changes. In subsequent meetings, we provided revised content and received further feedback. Overall, members suggested simplifying information and sentence structure to aid understanding. They offered tips for making the telephone content more engaging, and suggested ways to recruit participants in their developments. We incorporated these suggestions into script development. Scripts were developed in English, translated into Spanish, and then reviewed and revised for cultural appropriateness by two bilingual team members. Meetings of the community advisory board continued to occur 2-3 times a year to provide updates and obtain feedback on study progress.