Barriers to physical activity among African American women: an integrative review of the literature

RP Joseph, BE Ainsworth, C Keller, JE Dodgson - Women & health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A key aspect for researchers to consider when develo** culturally appropriate physical
activity (PA) interventions for African American (AA) women are the specific barriers AA …

Relationship between religious social support and general social support with health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans

K Debnam, CL Holt, EM Clark, DL Roth… - Journal of behavioral …, 2012 - Springer
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States and
have significant behavioral origins. African Americans suffer a disproportionate burden of …

Barriers, motivations, and preferences for physical activity among female African American older adults

NP Gothe, BJ Kendall - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 11% of adults more
than the age of 65 meet the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Among minority …

Understanding impediments and enablers to physical activity among African American adults: a systematic review of qualitative studies

Z Siddiqi, JA Tiro, K Shuval - Health education research, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Physical inactivity is a leading cause of premature death, disability and numerous chronic
diseases. Minority and underserved populations in the United States and worldwide have a …

Development of the barriers to physical activity questionnaire for people with mobility impairments

V Vasudevan, JH Rimmer, F Kviz - Disability and health journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Despite the widely known benefits of physical activity, people with disabilities
are more likely to be inactive when compared to people without disabilities. Previous …

Designing culturally relevant physical activity programs for African-American women: a framework for intervention development

RP Joseph, C Keller, O Affuso, BE Ainsworth - Journal of racial and ethnic …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background African-American women perform low levels of physical activity and
are disproportionally burdened by associated cardiometabolic disease conditions (ie, 57 …

Association between objectively measured physical activity and cognitive function in older adults—the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study

W Zhu, VJ Howard, VG Wadley, B Hutto… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the relationship between objectively measured physical activity (PA)
and cognitive function in white and black older adults. Design Cross‐sectional. Setting …

A culturally appropriate intervention to improve health behaviors in Hispanic mother–child dyads

MS Bender, PR Nader, C Kennedy, S Gahagan - Childhood Obesity, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background: Obesity interventions targeting Hispanic preschool children are still
nascent, and few are culturally appropriate. We evaluated the feasibility of a culturally …

Exercise for toxicity management in cancer—a narrative review

IR Kleckner, RF Dunne, M Asare… - Oncology & …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the treatment of cancer is more effective now than ever, patients with cancer still
face acute and chronic toxicities such as fatigue, cardiotoxicity, pain, cognitive impairment …

Understanding adult's experiences and perceptions of how to maintain physical activity: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

CD Madigan, C Grimmett, SN Sweet, AJ Daley… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Many adults do not meet physical activity recommendations for optimal health,
and this is often because people find it difficult to maintain physical activity in the long term …