Active Living Every Day (ALED) (Title III-D Program)

Active Living Every Day (ALED) is a behavior change program that helps participants overcome their barriers to physical activity and make positive changes that improve their health and well-being. Participants learn to set goals, overcome barriers and find activities they enjoy. Developed by behavioral scientists at the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas, it is offered through a partnership with Human Kinetics. This comprehensive program utilizes the Active Living Every Day book and offers optional online support resources for participants and facilitators. The ALED program allows the flexibility of being offered independently or in conjunction with existing community-based physical activity programs.

  • Program Goals: 
  • -Behavior change program that helps participants overcome their barriers to physical activity and make positive changes that improve their health and well-being.
  • -Participants learn to set goals, overcome barriers and find activities they enjoy

 

  • Target Audience:
  • -Adults interested in integrating physical activity into their daily lives

 

  • Program Description:
  • -12 week class sessions
  • -Incorporates short lecture and group discussion
  • -Participants choose their own activities and create plans based on individual lifestyle and personal preferences, focusing on moderate-intensity activities that can be added to daily routines.
  • -Book and optional online tools offer structure and support as participants explore their options and begin to realize how enjoyable physical activity can be. As participants work through the course, they learn lifestyle management skills and build on small successes.

 

  • Program Delivery: 
  • -Trained facilitators. At least 1 trained facilitator is needed per class.

 

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Reference Material

  • Wilcox, S., Dowda, M., Leviton, L.C., Bartlett-Prescott, J., Bazzarre, T., & Campbell-Voytal, K., et al. (2008). Active for Life: Final results from the translation of two physical activity programs. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(4), 340-351.

 

  • Wilcox, S., Dowda, M., Dunn, A., Ory, M.G., Rheaume, C., & King, A.D. (2009). Predictors of increased physical activity in the Active for Life program. Preventing Chronic Disease Public Healthy Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(1) 1-19.