Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Six-week Physical Activity Intervention for Black Women

The current study will be a randomized controlled pilot study conducted in the Midwest. Participants will be randomly assigned to a behavioral intervention or a wait-list control group, each lasting six weeks. The intervention group will first have an in-person meeting at the beginning of the intervention to discuss the study, go over movements, and discuss Zoom and WhatsApp instructions. The behavioral intervention will consist of three home-based workouts per week sent digitally and Zoom session per week that will have an exercise session and a group counseling session. Additionally, each week participants will be sent a motivational prompt via WhatsApp and will be encouraged to connect with each other about physical activity motivation, barriers, and facilitators. Acceptability, physical activity and psychosocial variables of interest will be measured via accelerometer data (via Actigraph GT3X) and self-report at baseline and six weeks (post-intervention). Focus groups will be conducted for all participants at the conclusion of the study to further assess acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of the program.