Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in well-educated urban African American women

Women and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 29-41

  Young, Deborah Rohm ^a   He, Xiaoxing ^b   Harris, Jeanette ^b   Mabry, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Physical activity; Qualitative data; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; BODY IMAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036451009     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v36n02_03     Document Type: Article

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