Promoting physical activity for low-income minority women in primary care
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gareth R, Dutton; Pamela, Davis Martin; Michael A, Welsch; Phillip J, Brantley
- Source
- American journal of health behavior. 31(6)
- Subject
- Adult
Black or African American
Adolescent
Primary Health Care
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
Female
Health Promotion
Obesity
Middle Aged
Motor Activity
Minority Groups
Aged
- Language
- ISSN
- 1087-3244
To examine the effects of a primary-care weight management intervention on physical activity (PA) among overweight/obese women.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).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.These results provide novel information suggesting that a physician-delivered intervention may have limited effectiveness for increasing PA among this at-risk population.