作者
Ranjita Misra, TG Patel, Deepa Davies, Tony Russo
发表日期
2000/10
期刊
Journal of Immigrant Health
卷号
2
页码范围
223-230
出版商
Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
简介
The purpose of this paper was to examine the health promotion behaviors of Asian Indians, one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States. The sample consisted of 261 respondents randomly selected from the Charotar Patidar Samaj, a national Gujarati Association membership directory. Health promotion behaviors were obtained using the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II. Respondents demonstrated lower scores in physical activity and nutrition and higher scores in the areas of interpersonal skills and spiritual growth domain of the health promotion behaviors. Physical inactivity was the highest among adults of 25–50 years of age. A significant difference existed between males and females in the domain of health responsibility. Females were more responsible for their health and reported medical problems to a physician more often than their male counterparts. They also educated …
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