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Applying exercise stage of change to a low-income underserved population
Cindy L Carmack Taylor1, Edwin D Boudreaux, Shawn K Jeffries
1The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, TX 77030-4095, USA. ccarmack@mdanderson.org
Objectives:
To validate the transtheoretical model for exercise behavior and the constructs of decisional balance and self-efficacy for exercise in a low-income, poorly educated primary care sample.
Methods:
Patients attending public primary-care clinics from 4 separate sites in Louisiana were interviewed regarding their health behaviors.
Results:
The data provide equivocal support for applying the transtheoretical model for exercise and integrating it with other models of behavior change within this population.
Conclusions:
Further studies modifying the decisional balance measures are necessary before definitive statements regarding the applicability of these models to exercise within this specialized population can be made.