Correlates of physical activity in urban Midwestern African-American women

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• Personal Author:
  Chandler PJ ; Dancy B ; Lee H ; Wilbur J
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: African-American women are at higher risk than white women of cardiovascular disease and stroke. In addition, fewer African-American women reap the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, because of low physical activity. The study goals were to identify personal, social environmental, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity of urban-dwelling, Midwestern, African-American women and to obtain their recommendations for increasing exercise in their communities. METHODS: A face-to-face interview (Women and Physical Activity Survey) covering personal, social environmental, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity was administered to 399 volunteer African-American women aged 20 to 50 years, living in Chicago. Physical activity was measured with questions on lifestyle and planned leisure-time activity (exercise) from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. RESULTS: The women were from a wide socioeconomic spectrum of education and income. Forty-two percent of the women met current recommendations for moderate or vigorous physical activity; 48% were insufficiently active; and 9% were inactive. The following groups of women were more likely to be physically active: women with at least a high school education; women with perceived good health; women who knew people who exercise; and women who viewed the neighborhood as safe. These findings were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions that target urban African-American women must address the safety of the physical environment and personal and social environmental correlates of physical activity, and they should focus especially on inactive women who have less than a high school education or perceive themselves to be in poor health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Demography Environmental Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Demographic-characteristics Environmental-factors Humans Physical-exercise Physiological-factors Racial-factors Sociological-factors

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• ISSN:
  0749-3797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  45-52
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039388
• Citation:
  Am J Prev Med 2003 Oct; 25(3)(Suppl 1):45-52
• Contact Point Address:
  JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, Chicago IL 60612
• Email:
  Jwilbur@UIC.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• Supplement:
  1
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:36414384962a582087c3508a60da07bcb0f013989735cb97e15e6a147bb88c7cc75b1a2d7bfc212f820c048d570714bcd57a3c8eebbdd38faf4adbf7925817c1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192695/cdc_192695_DS1.pdf
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