Nurturing the experiences of international grad students (women-identifying) participation in a dedicated physical activity space.
Summary
Our project includes a survey to help identify the sociocultural factors and barriers to using fitness facilities/spaces for international graduate students (women-identifying). This is followed by an invitation to participate for 8 weeks in a dedicated physical activity space supervised by a certified instructor. We will then seek out volunteer to participate in a semi-structured interviews, that will explore their attitudes using a women’s-only fitness space following participation.
Eligibility
Eligible gender: Transgender, Female
Eligible ages: 18 to 50
Accepts healthy participants: Yes
Inclusion criteria:
International UCalgary graduate students -woman-identifying.
Exclusion criteria:
If you are a woman-identifying international UCalgary graduate student, you are eligible to complete the first survey. If you are interested in joining the physical activity program, you will need to complete a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire to ensure that it is safe for you to participate.
Participate
Fill out the following form if you want to participate in this research
Collection of personal information
Your personal information is collected under
the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If
you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, please visit our
Access to Information page.
Additional information
Contact information
Dr. Patricia Doyle-Baker (Principal Investigator, Dr. PH/PhD; CSEP-CEP); Alissa Kazakoff (Co-Investigator MSc student, BSc); Paula Suarez Moreno (Co-Investigator MSc student, BSc)
Principal investigator:
Patricia Katherine Doyle-Baker
Clinical trial:
No
REB-ID:
REB23-0566