Adolescent girls' experiences in the Go Girls! group-based lifestyle mentoring program

摘要

Objective: To explore the experience of being in the Go Girls! program from the perspective of its participants.Methods: Drawing from a social constructivist approach, this study consisted of semi-structured interviews conducted with 12 purposively sampled Go Girls! participants.Results: The results provided evidence for the emergence of 2 higher-order themes that subsume 7 lower-order themes and 27 categories that relate to the general components of the program and program outcomes associated with participating in the program.Conclusions: Participants in the Go Girls! program reported enjoying the program, experiencing changes in important health-enhancing cognitions and behaviors and developing meaningful relationships with program mentors and other program participants.