Ethnic Specific Midlife Women's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity

描述（由申请人提供）：美国不断变化的种族和民族构成将要求卫生专业人员在促进体育活动等领域具有文化能力，其中文化信仰可能会调节健康促进行为。虽然体育活动的好处现在已被广泛接受，但中年妇女，特别是少数民族妇女，参加体育活动的比例很低，据报道，少数民族妇女的心血管疾病、2型糖尿病、肥胖和高血压患病率以及全因死亡率（可通过增加体育活动有效降低）远高于白人中年妇女。参与率低的一个合理原因是，妇女对体育活动的特定种族态度很少被纳入相关干预措施。本研究旨在探讨四个种族（西班牙裔、非西班牙裔（N-H）白人、N-H非洲裔美国人和N-H亚洲人）的中年妇女对体育锻炼的态度，同时考虑她们的态度与她们在日常生活中特定种族背景下实际参与体育锻炼之间的关系。数据将通过互联网调查和特定种族的在线论坛收集，以便进行全国抽样。具体目的是：a)探讨四个民族中年妇女对体育锻炼的态度；B)探讨女性参与体育活动的种族差异；C)探讨各民族妇女对体育活动的态度与她们参加体育活动的关系；(d)探讨影响妇女参加体育活动的特定族裔妇女日常生活背景。中年女性体育活动态度（MAPA）模型将为研究提供理论指导。创新的数据收集方式包括：通过多种网络设置，采用定额抽样的方式，对500名中年女性进行网络调查，采用多种招聘策略，并在4个不同族群（每组30人）中进行为期6个月的在线论坛。长期目标是：a)建立一个特定种族的中年妇女在特定种族背景下对体育活动态度的知识库；b)为多种族的中年妇女群体开发一个基于网络的体育活动促进教育计划。这项提议的研究将有助于减少健康差距，这是美国一个主要的公共健康问题，通过互联网指导体育活动促进计划的发展，可以为少数民族中年妇女服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The changing racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. will require health professionals to practice with cultural competence in areas such as promotion of physical activity, where cultural beliefs may mediate health promotion behaviors. Although the benefits of physical activity are now widely accepted, midlife women, especially ethnic minority women, have low participation rates in physical activity, and prevalence rates of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, and all-cause mortality among ethnic minority women (that can be effectively reduced by increasing physical activity) have been reported to be much higher than those of White midlife women. A plausible reason for the low participation rate is that the women's ethnic-specific attitudes toward physical activity have rarely been incorporated into relevant interventions. The purpose of this study is to explore attitudes of midlife women from four ethnic groups [Hispanic, Non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African Americans, and N-H Asians] toward physical activity while considering the relationships between their attitudes and their actual participation in physical activity within the ethnic-specific contexts of their daily lives. Data will be gathered via Internet survey and ethnic- specific online forums to allow for a national sample. The specific aims are to: a) explore in attitudes toward physical activity among midlife women from the four ethnic groups; b) explore ethnic differences in women's participation in physical activity; c) explore relationships between women's attitudes toward physical activity and their participation in physical activity in each ethnic group; and d) explore ethnic-specific contexts of women's daily lives that influence women's participation in physical activity. The Midlife Women's Attitudes toward Physical Activity (MAPA) model will provide theoretical direction for the study. Innovative data collection methods include an Internet survey among 500 midlife women recruited using the quota sampling method with multiple recruitment strategies through various Internet settings, and online forums of 6-month duration among four different ethnic groups (30 members per group). Long-term goals are to: a) develop a knowledge base on ethnic-specific midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity within the ethnic-specific contexts and b) develop a web-based physical activity promotion education program for multi-ethnic groups of midlife women. The proposed study will contribute to reducing health disparities, a major public health concern in the U.S., by directing the development of physical activity promotion programs that can serve ethnic minority midlife women through the Internet.