Development, implementation and evaluation of the ‘BELIEVE’ program for improving physical activity among women: a mixed method action research study

Table 2 Frequency distribution of presented strategies and beginning of exercise in the women of Khoramroudi neighborhood

Type of strategy		Start of exercising (Individual or group exercise in club) (Number)
Sport assistants	Lectures in mosques and Quranic interpreting sessions (at least once)	13
Knowledge about the sports facilities	Text message (n = 250)	1
	Posters (n = 1200)	6
	Banner (n = 2)	37
Cognitive behavioral therapy^a	Two courses	25
Attracting participation by athletes	–	10
Participating women from previous phases of study	–	9
Total		76

^aSince the group had entered into the action cycle through other interventions, they had already been calculated once in other cases. As such, they were not counted again in this total sum

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