确定影响体育活动和老年拉丁裔成年人健康衰老的因素
Elena Luna1, Andrew Springer1,2, Denise Herrera1
1School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, TX, USA.
概括
像家庭承诺和被认为是歧视这样的障碍阻碍了老年拉丁裔.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 运动科学和运动科学.
- 健康和衰老的社会学.
背景情况:
- 休时间体育活动 (LTPA) 对老年人有显著的好处,包括改善认知功能,减少孤独感和降低死亡率.
- 尽管有已知的优势,老年人 (50岁以上) 是美国人口统计学中体力活动水平明显较低的人群.
研究的目的:
- 探索影响老年拉丁裔成年人参加健身课程和使用公园的障碍和促进因素.
- 为在老年拉丁裔人口中对LTPA进行有限的研究做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 采用现象学研究设计的定性研究.
- 通过Zoom与拉丁裔成年人进行了27次半结构化个人采访,利用双文化数据收集器.
- 数据分析涉及使用Dedoose进行主题分析,包括诱导和演方法,以社会生态模型和健康的社会决定因素为指导.
主要成果:
- 发现的关键障碍包括家庭和/或工作的承诺,对感知安全的担忧,以及对感知歧视的经验.
- 参与的重要促进因素包括社会融入群体,与同龄人的社会联系,教练的积极特征和以前的炼经验.
结论:
- 调查结果强调需要文化多元化的休人员和文化相关的节目,以增强老年拉丁裔的健身和公园参与度.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以调查由于家庭/工作义务和健身场所的歧视性做法 (年龄歧视,种族主义) 而导致的"时间贫困"对体力活动行为的影响.
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