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- Title
Promoting Physical Activity for Low-income Minority Women in Primary Care.
- Authors
Dutton, Gareth R.; Martin, Pamela Davis; Welsch, Michael A.; Brantley, Phillip J.
- Abstract
Objectives: To examine the effects of a primary-care weight management intervention on physical activity (PA) among overweight/obese women. Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 139 women (92% African American). The effects of a physician-delivered tailored intervention were compared with standard care. Repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVA) were used to examine changes in PA (measured by a 7-day physical activity recall) and physical fitness (measured by heart rate recovery following exercise). Results: Although the intervention group demonstrated an increase in PA, this did not differ significantly from standard care. A significantly greater proportion of intervention participants (90%) achieved current PA recommendations compared with standard care (77%), P<.03. Conclusions: These results provide novel information suggesting that a physician-delivered intervention may have limited effectiveness for increasing PA among this at-risk population.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness for women; PRIMARY care; OVERWEIGHT women; AFRICAN American women; INTERVENTION (Social services); HEALTH risk assessment; HEALTH behavior; PHYSICAL education; PUBLIC health
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 6, p622
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.31.6.7