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Physical Activity Promotion in a Safety-net Clinic: Does the Provider Make a Difference? A Pilot Study
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Fall 2021
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Source: Transl J Am Coll Sports Med. 6(4)
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Alternative Title:Transl J Am Coll Sports Med
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Description:Background.
Despite the long-term health benefits of physical activity, many Americans across the lifespan do not meet the recommended levels. However, physical activity discussions in the clinic setting may hold promise. The purpose of this study aimed to understand health care providers’ beliefs and practices about physical activity discussions being a part of patients’ healthcare treatment.
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Semi-structured, audiotaped interviews were conducted to elicit narratives from ten health care providers. Interview data were transcribed verbatim, then coded and analyzed by two qualitative researchers using NVivo12.
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Three major themes emerged: importance of regular PA counseling for vulnerable populations, patients’ lack of regular physical activity, including subthemes of lack of time, current health conditions, and social determinants of health, and healthcare provider’s reflections about their own physical activity.
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Healthcare providers have an important role when it comes to promoting good health. Having physical activity discussions with patients at every clinic visit is a great opportunity to encourage patients to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors such as regular physical activity. From this pilot study, implications for practice may include increased awareness of the healthcare providers to discuss physical activity at every visit, which may lead to improved provider-patient communications related to the benefits of daily physical activity behaviors. These discussions may even have a secondary gain of encouraging the providers themselves to adopt the healthy behavior and thereby serve as a role model for their patients.
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Pubmed ID:35097206
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8797616
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Volume:6
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Issue:4
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