Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors
<strong>Background:</strong> With high rates of obesity, low levels of physical activity (PA), and lack of adherence to physical activity guidelines (PAGs) among African American (AA) breast cancer survivors (BCSs), culturally appropriate interventions that address barriers to participat...
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| author | Selina Smith Mary Whitehead Joyce Sheats Brittney Chubb Ernest Alema-Mensah Benjamin Ansa |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> With high rates of obesity, low levels of physical activity (PA), and lack of adherence to physical activity guidelines (PAGs) among African American (AA) breast cancer survivors (BCSs), culturally appropriate interventions that address barriers to participation in PA are needed.
<strong>Methods:</strong> To develop intervention content, members of an AA breast cancer support group participated in four 1-hour focus group discussions (related to the barriers to PA, strategies for overcoming them, and intervention content), which were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed.
<strong> Results:</strong> The support group collaborated with researchers to construct the Physical Activity Intervention Developed (PAID) to Prevent Breast Cancer, a multi-component (educational sessions; support group discussions; and structured, moderately intensive walking, strength training, and yoga), facilitated, 24-week program focused on reducing multi-level barriers to PA that promote benefits (‘pay off’) of meeting PAGs.
<strong>Conclusions:</strong> Community engagement fostered trust, promoted mutuality, built collaboration, and expanded capacity of AA BCSs to participate in developing an intervention addressing individual, interpersonal, organizational, and community barriers to PA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fb60ffcd5a94983803b112625638b472022-12-21T22:56:54ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityJournal of the Georgia Public Health Association2471-97732017-04-016310.21633/jgpha.6.312Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivorsSelina SmithMary WhiteheadJoyce SheatsBrittney ChubbErnest Alema-MensahBenjamin Ansa<strong>Background:</strong> With high rates of obesity, low levels of physical activity (PA), and lack of adherence to physical activity guidelines (PAGs) among African American (AA) breast cancer survivors (BCSs), culturally appropriate interventions that address barriers to participation in PA are needed. <strong>Methods:</strong> To develop intervention content, members of an AA breast cancer support group participated in four 1-hour focus group discussions (related to the barriers to PA, strategies for overcoming them, and intervention content), which were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed. <strong> Results:</strong> The support group collaborated with researchers to construct the Physical Activity Intervention Developed (PAID) to Prevent Breast Cancer, a multi-component (educational sessions; support group discussions; and structured, moderately intensive walking, strength training, and yoga), facilitated, 24-week program focused on reducing multi-level barriers to PA that promote benefits (‘pay off’) of meeting PAGs. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Community engagement fostered trust, promoted mutuality, built collaboration, and expanded capacity of AA BCSs to participate in developing an intervention addressing individual, interpersonal, organizational, and community barriers to PA.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol6/iss3/12community engagementsocial ecological frameworkphysical activitybehaviorafrican americanbreast cancer survivorcancer prevention guidelines |
| spellingShingle | Selina Smith Mary Whitehead Joyce Sheats Brittney Chubb Ernest Alema-Mensah Benjamin Ansa Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association community engagement social ecological framework physical activity behavior african american breast cancer survivor cancer prevention guidelines |
| title | Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors |
| title_full | Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors |
| title_fullStr | Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors |
| title_short | Community engagement to address socio-ecological barriers to physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors |
| title_sort | community engagement to address socio ecological barriers to physical activity among african american breast cancer survivors |
| topic | community engagement social ecological framework physical activity behavior african american breast cancer survivor cancer prevention guidelines |
| url | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol6/iss3/12 |
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