Physical Activity in the Cambodian Community: An Exploratory Study

柬埔寨社区的体育活动：一项探索性研究

• 批准号: 7933842
• 负责人: VICTORIA M TAYLOR
• 金额: $ 26.4万
• 依托单位: FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-30 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7933842
• 关键词: Address; Adherence; Adult; American; Area; Asian Americans; Asians; Attention; Belief; Child; Chronic; Chronic Disease; Communities; Coronary heart disease; Data; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Economically Deprived Population; Educational Materials; Environmental Risk Factor; Ethnic group; Focus Groups; Future; Goals; Guidelines; Health; Health Priorities; Health behavior; Healthy People 2010; Hypertension; Immigrant; Individual; Intervention; Interview; Knowledge; Latino; Life Style; Massachusetts; Measures; Methods; Morbidity - disease rate; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Participant; Persons; Phase; Physical activity; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Prevention; Preventive; Publications; Qualitative Methods; Refugees; Relative (related person); Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Sampling; Specific qualifier value; Stroke; Surgeon; Surveys; Telephone; Underserved Population; United States; Washington; age group; aged; attributable mortality; base; community based participatory research; design; experience; health disparity; hypertensive heart disease; intervention program; metropolitan; mortality; programs; public health relevance; racial and ethnic; social; southeast Asian

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physical activity reduces morbidity and mortality from many chronic conditions including coronary heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. Increasing physical activity in the United States is a specific goal of Healthy People 2010. The Surgeon General's report on physical activity specified that researchers should examine correlates of physical activity among different racial/ethnic populations. Cambodian Americans experience disparities for multiple health problems that are related to lack of physical activity. Further, Asian American groups (including Cambodian Americans) have lower levels of adherence to physical activity guidelines than other racial/ethnic groups. However, there is a lack of information about factors that influence physical activity among Asians in general, and Cambodians in particular. Qualitative and quantitative methods should both be used to examine determinants of preventive health practices in Southeast Asian and other immigrant groups. The goal of this exploratory project is to provide information about physical activity among adult Cambodian Americans that could be used to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate physical activity interventions. Our primary objectives are as follows: To provide qualitative data relevant to the promotion of physical activity; and to provide quantitative data about physical activity knowledge, beliefs, and practices, as well as correlates of physical activity. A secondary objective is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of measuring actual physical activity in the Cambodian community. A premise of the proposed research is that cultural, social, and environmental factors contribute to physical activity in the Cambodian community. Our community-based participatory research project will be conducted in the Seattle metropolitan area of Western Washington. An existing coalition of Cambodian community leaders will serve as the community advisory board for the proposed research. The study will use the theoretical perspective of the Health Behavior Framework. Our qualitative and quantitative study phases will be conducted sequentially. We will complete 20 in-person qualitative interviews and four focus groups addressing physical activity in the Cambodian community. Our qualitative data findings will be used to guide the development of a quantitative survey instrument. A community-based telephone survey of 250 Cambodian adults will be completed. Physical activity will be objectively measured in a sub- sample of 50 survey participants. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This exploratory project will provide qualitative and quantitative information about physical activity among adult Cambodian Americans. The information could be used to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate physical activity educational materials and intervention programs.

描述(由申请人提供)：体力活动可降低许多慢性疾病的发病率和死亡率，包括冠心病、高血压和糖尿病。在美国，增加体力活动是2010年《健康人》的一个具体目标。卫生局局长关于体力活动的报告明确指出，研究人员应该检查不同种族/民族人群之间的体力活动的相关性。柬埔寨裔美国人在与缺乏体力活动有关的多种健康问题上存在差异。此外，亚裔美国人群体(包括柬埔寨裔美国人)对体育锻炼指南的遵守程度低于其他种族/民族群体。然而，关于影响亚洲人，特别是柬埔寨人体力活动的因素，缺乏相关信息。应同时使用定性和定量方法来检查东南亚和其他移民群体的预防性卫生做法的决定因素。这一探索性项目的目标是提供有关成年柬埔寨裔美国人的体育活动的信息，可用于制定文化和语言上适当的体育活动干预措施。我们的主要目标如下：提供与促进体育活动相关的定性数据；提供关于体育活动知识、信念和实践的定量数据，以及体育活动的相关性。第二个目标是评估衡量柬埔寨社区实际体力活动的可行性和可接受性。这项拟议研究的前提是，文化、社会和环境因素对柬埔寨社区的体育活动有贡献。我们以社区为基础的参与式研究项目将在华盛顿州西部的西雅图大都市区进行。现有的柬埔寨社区领袖联盟将作为拟议研究的社区顾问委员会。本研究将使用健康行为框架的理论视角。我们的定性和定量研究阶段将按顺序进行。我们将完成20个面对面的定性采访和四个重点小组，讨论柬埔寨社区的体力活动。我们的定性数据结果将被用来指导定量调查工具的开发。将完成对250名柬埔寨成年人的社区电话调查。体力活动将在50名调查参与者中进行客观测量。公共卫生相关性：这一探索性项目将提供有关成年柬埔寨裔美国人身体活动的定性和定量信息。这些信息可以用来制定文化和语言上适当的体育活动、教育材料和干预计划。