Wellness-Promoting Practices Through Girl Scouts: A Pragmatic Superiority Randomized Controlled Trial With Additional Dissemination

Purpose:To evaluate the effectiveness of in-person versus online Girl Scout leader wellness training for implementation of wellness-promoting practices during troop meetings (phase I) and to assess training adoption and current practices across the council (phase II).Design:Pragmatic superiority trial (phase 1) followed by serial cross-sectional study (phase II).Setting:Girl Scout troop meetings in Northeast Kansas.Participants:Eighteen troop leaders from 3 counties (phase 1); 113 troop leaders from 7 counties (phase II).Intervention:Phase I: Troop leaders attended 2 wellness training sessions (first in groups, second individually), wherein leaders set wellness-promoting practice implementation goals, self-monitored progress, and received guidance and resources for implementation. Leaders received the intervention in person or online.Measures:Phase I: At baseline and postintervention, leaders completed a wellness-promoting practice implementation questionnaire assessing practices during troop meetings (ma...