Everyday Evidence: Activating Behavior for Lasting Engagement (ABLE)

03/13/24 • 45 min

On today's episode we are joined by assistant professor and director of the Disability and WELLness laboratory at the University of MInnesota, Emily Kringle. We discuss her work on developing the ABLE and duoABLE projects, which are behavioral activation-based interventions aimed to reduce post-stroke sedentary behavior through engagement in meaningful daily activities. Please help AOTA improve it's podcasts and the translation of research to practice and receive your contact hour for listening by completing this one-minute survey: Contact Hour Survey Additional Resources: ABLE Intervention: https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2019.1623437https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.040345 Behavioral Activation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2010.04.001 Sedentary Behavior: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0525-8

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