Online Peer Health Coaching for People with Spinal Cord Injury

The University of Toronto is currently recruiting participants for an Online Self-Management Program for
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) called SCI&U.
• Participants meet privately, one on one and online with trained peer health coaches;
• Coaches are all Canadians with SCI;
• Participants define and follow their own goals and plans for health related behaviour change;
• Participants meet with coaches up to 14 times over six months.
Additional details about the study are below and a brochure is attached. If you think you might be
interested, please contact sciandustudy@utoronto.ca.
How long is the study and how does it work?
This study will use a randomized controlled method. This means that when participants enrol, they will be
assigned by chance into one of two groups:
1) Immediate enrolment in the SCI&U online health coaching program.
2) Wait-list control (this means delayed enrolment; the participant won’t be enrolled in the program until
after 12 months).
What do participants do?
• Participants provide informed consent
• During the study
o Participants will either be in the “SCI&U” program or waiting to be in the program;
o Participants will do online surveys at 4 different times over one year;
o Participants may be asked to discuss the program with researchers at program exit.
What do people get for being in the study?
Participants receive an honorarium (a pre-paid credit card) of $300.
Who is eligible?
We are looking for participants who
• have not previously participated in the SCI&U Program
• 18 years or older and fluent in English
• have been living with a spinal cord injury (traumatic or non-traumatic) for at least one year

If you are interested, contact sciandustudy@utoronto.ca. We hope to hear from you!

This information has been posted for the University of Toronto. SCI Sask is not directly associated with the program.

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