Physical activity and minority women: a qualitative study

AA Eyler, E Baker, LC Cromer… - Health Education & …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Few physical activity research studies have been conducted with minority women. The
purpose of this study was to explore patterns of physical activity among minority women …

A synthesis of perceptions about physical activity among older African American and American Indian women

KA Henderson, BE Ainsworth - American journal of …, 2003 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. In this review of qualitative data from the Cross-Cultural Activity Participation
Study (CAPS), we synthesize the major findings of studies designed to identify minority …

Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in African American women

DL Richter, S Wilcox, ML Greaney… - Women & …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Six focus groups were conducted in South Carolina with African American women (n= 42)
aged 19–51 years to identify factors that influence physical activity. Transcripts were …

Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in urban, African American women

JE Wilbur, P Chandler, B Dancy, JW Choi… - Women & …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This study was part of a multi-site project carried out with seven universities throughout the
United States to identify cultural, environmental, and policy determinants of physical activity …

Moderate physical activity patterns of minority women: the Cross-Cultural Activity Participation Study

BE Ainsworth, ML Irwin, CL Addy, MC Whitt… - Journal of women's …, 1999 - liebertpub.com
Using data from 12 days of detailed physical activity records (PA records), we analyzed the
physical activity patterns of 141 African American and Native American women, ages 40 and …

Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity among rural, African American women

B Sanderson, MA Littleton, LV Pulley - Women & health, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
SUMMARY Sixty-one African American women (ages 20–50 years) from a rural community
in Alabama participated in six focus groups. Barriers to and enablers of physical activity …

Patterns and correlates of physical activity among US women 40 years and older.

RC Brownson, AA Eyler, AC King… - American journal of …, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the patterns of physical activity among minority women
by using a variety of definitions and determines sociodemographic and behavioral …

Personal, social, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in African-American women in South Carolina

BE Ainsworth, S Wilcox, WW Thompson… - American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the correlates of physical activity among African-
American women living in the southeastern United States. The purpose of this study was to …

Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in sedentary American Indian women

JL Thompson, P Allen, L Cunningham-Sabo… - Women & …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Focus group interviews were conducted to explore socio-cultural, environmental, and policy-
related determinants of physical activity among sedentary American Indian women. Thirty …

Perceptions of physical activity and personal barriers and enablers in African-American women

S Wilcox, DL Richter, KA Henderson, ML Greaney… - Ethnicity & disease, 2002 - JSTOR
Objective: To examine perceptions of physical activity and physical activity barriers and
enablers in African-American women. Design and Methods: Six focus groups were …