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Published on: March 7, 2019
Demographic and psychosocial correlates of physical activity among African Americans
Aimee S James1, Marlyn Allicock Hudson, Marci K Campbell
1UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295, USA. aimee_james@med.unc.edu
Objective:
To examine physical activity among participants in the Wellness for African Americans Through Churches (WATCH) project.
Methods:
Both focus-group and survey methodologies were employed. From surveys, frequencies and metabolic equivalents (METs) were calculated for recreational, household, and occupational activity.
Results:
Half of respondents reported recreational activity > or = 5 days per week; most reported household activity. Women had significantly lower levels of recreational and occupational, but not household activity. Recreational and occupational levels decreased with age.
Conclusions:
This sample appears to meet exercise guidelines. Psychosocial factors may be important for intervention in recreational, but not household or occupational activity.
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