The Stages of Change
What is the Stages of Change approach and why is it important?
When we try to get one or more people to start something they haven’t done or keep up
what they are doing, we can either treat them all the same way OR consider that they
are all coming from different points. If we use the Stages of Change approach, we need
to figure out if someone has:
1. Not even thought about engaging in physical activity
2. Has thought about being more physically active,
but hasn’t done anything yet
3. Prepared to find activities they want to do
4. Currently engaged in some type of activity
5. Been engaging in activities for a while