Table 1 Capacity building intervention (CBI) elements for the Eat, Play, Live trial

Province-specific training

Once, 0 months

Half-day, in-person group training covering the following:

• Five-step change process

• Operational areas for policy and program changes in food environments

• Practical examples of food environment changes for each operational area

• Provincial nutrition guidelines

• Resources to support food environment and policy change (see below)

• CBI protocol and timeline

Baseline evaluation report

Once, 0 months

All facilities received a report summarizing data collected at baseline in their facility on facility capacity and food environment quality

Seed funds

Once, 3 months

$1000 CAD per facility

Online toolkit

Unlimited access

BC Recreation and Parks Association website (stayactiveeathealthy.ca) provides information on healthy food in recreation. Includes searchable database of resources and provincial pages with local resources

Online resources

Unlimited access

Local resource hubs to support environment and policy change were provided in BC (https://bnfl.healthlinkbc.ca/), AB (healthyeatingstartshere.ca; apccprecproject.com) and NS (https://thrive.novascotia.ca/, https://thrive.novascotia.ca/resources)

Provincial Coordinator support

Monthly follow-up and as needed

On-demand individual training, resources, and support (e.g. assistance with nutrition analysis, product sourcing, connecting with community resources including public health dietitians) via email, telephone and in-person

Provincial teleconferences

2, 6, 12 months

60 min intra-provincial cross-facility meetings; facilities described current and planned activities, challenges and facilitators

Facility action plans

0, 3, 6, 12, 18 months

CBI facilities developed written implementation plans to achieve their goals

Electronic information provision

Every 1–2 months

Periodic group emails from Provincial Coordinators addressing common inquiries, challenges, and successes