Increasing opportunities for movement in Nova Scotia, Canada: a community case study

This community case study offers guidance for others to consider when implementing and evaluating community movement initiatives. Early findings align with existing evidence which suggest that pairing environmental changes with social supports and sustained partnerships to be feasible and promising for implementation potential in rural, aging contexts. Phase 1 evaluation concentrated on process outputs that establish the groundwork for future outcome assessments. Subsequent phases will build on these foundations to further examine changes in movement behaviors, participation, and community capacity.