Physical activity behaviours of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women living in Australia: A qualitative study of socio-cultural influences

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Caperchione, Cristina M ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^b   Tennent, Rebeka ^c   Mummery, W Kerry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78651098925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-26     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Immigration Fact Sheet 2. Key Facts in Immigration Canberra, ACT: Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2009
2. Improving health among culturally diverse subgroups: an exploration of trade-offs and viewpoints among a regional population health workforce. A Adily J Ward, Health Promot J Austr 2005 16 207 212 16375036
3. Australian women and heart disease: trends, epidemiological perspectives and the need for a culturally competent research agenda. PM Davidson J Daly K Hancock D Jackson, Contemp Nurse 2003 16 62 73 14994897
4. Racial and ethnic disparities in coronary heart disease in women: prevention, treatment, and needed interventions. PA Johnson RS Fulp, Womens Health Issues 2002 12 252 271 10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00148-2 12225688
5. JAMA patient page. Risk factors for heart disease. JM Torpy C Lynm RM Glass, JAMA 2003 290 980 10.1001/jama.290.7.980 12928476
6. Updating the evidence that physical activity is good for health: an epidemiological review 2000-2003. AE Bauman, J Sci Med Sport 2004 7 1 Suppl 6 19 10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80273-1 15214597
7. Updating the evidence on physical activity and health in women. WJ Brown NW Burton PJ Rowan, Am J Prev Med 2007 33 404 411 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.029 17950406
8. Using focus groups to develop a heart disease prevention program for ethnically diverse, low-income women. L Gettleman MA Winkleby, J Community Health 2000 25 439 453 10.1023/A:1005155329922 11071226
9. Physical activity in culturally and linguistically diverse migrant groups to Western society: a review of barriers, enablers and experiences. CM Caperchione GS Kolt WK Mummery, Sports Med 2009 39 167 177 10.2165/00007256- 200939030-00001 19290674
10. Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: definitions and distinctions for health-related research. CJ Caspersen KE Powell GM Christenson, Public Health Rep 1985 100 126 131 3920711
11. Islam's view on physical activity and sport: Egyptian women interpreting Islam. K Walseth K Fasting, Int Rev Soc Sport 2003 38 45 60
12. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Migrants and participation in sport and physical activity 2006 Canberra, ACT: National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics 2006
13. Older adult perspectives on physical activity and exercise: voices from multiple cultures. B Belza J Walwick S Shiu-Thornton S Schwartz M Taylor J LoGerfo, Prev Chronic Dis 2004 1 09 15670441
14. 'I can't do any serious exercise': barriers to physical activity amongst people of Pakistani and Indian origin with Type 2 diabetes. J Lawton N Ahmad L Hanna M Douglas N Hallowell, Health Educ Res 2006 21 43 54 10.1093/her/cyh042 15955792
15. Factors affecting walking activity of older people from culturally diverse groups: an Australian experience. SR Bird H Radermacher J Sims S Feldman C Browning S Thomas, J Sci Med Sport 13 417 423 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.07.002 19833556
16. The influence of the built environment and other factors on the physical activity of older women from different ethnic communities. S Bird W Kurowski S Feldman C Browning R Lau H Radermacher S Thomas J Sims, J Women Aging 2009 21 33 47 10.1080/08952840802633669 19199152
17. Achieving cultural appropriateness in health promotion programs: Targeted and tailored approaches. MW Kreuter S Lukwago D Bucholtz, Health Educ Behav 2002 30 133 146 10.1177/1090198102251021
18. Physical activity, older immigrants and cultural competence: A guide to fitness practitioners. M Rogerson C Emes, Activ Adapt Aging 2006 30 15 28 10.1300/J016v30n04-02
19. The influence of ethnicity and length of time since immigration on physical activity. AJ Dawson J Sundquist SE Johansson, Ethn Health 2005 10 293 309 10.1080/13557850500159965 16191729
20. -2006 Census of Population and Housing. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra:ACT 2006
21. RA Krueger, Focus groups: a practical guide for applied research London: Sage 1988
22. Physical activity in older Asian Indians living in the United States: Barriers and motives. JM Kalavar GS Kolt LC Giles RP Driver, Activ Adapt Aging 2005 29 47 67 10.1300/J016v29n01-04
23. Barriers to physical activity participation in older Tongan adults living in New Zealand. GS Kolt JE Paterson VYM Cheung, Australas J Ageing 2006 25 119 125 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00157.x
24. Barriers to physical activity participation in older adults: a cross-cultural study. GS Kolt NK Chadha, New Approaches to Exercise and Sport Psychology: XIth European Congress of Sport Psychology (CD-ROM): 2003; Copenhagen, Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Stelter R, 2003
25. On the difference between scientific and artistic approaches to qualitative research. E Eisner, Educ Res 1981 10 5 9
26. In their own voices: definitions and interpretations of physical activity. C Tudor-Locke KA Henderson S Wilcox RS Cooper JL Durstine BE Ainsworth, Womens Health Issues 2003 13 194 199 10.1016/S1049-3867(03)00038-0 14583168
27. Physical activity and immigrant status: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey. MS Tremblay SN Bryan CE Perez CI Ardern PT Katzmarzyk, Can J Public Health 2006 97 277 282 16967745
28. The social costs and benefits of migration into Australia. K Carrington A McIntosh J Walmsley, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia 2007
29. Acculturation and physical activity among North Carolina Latina immigrants. KR Evenson OL Sarmiento GX Ayala, Soc Sci Med 2004 59 2509 2522 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.011 15474205
30. Behavioural risk factors in two generations of non-Western migrants: do trends converge towards the host population? K Hosper V Nierkens M Nicolaou K Stronks, EurJ Epidemiol 2007 22 163 172 10.1007/s10654-007-9104-7 (Pubitemid 46481327)
31. Addressing the challenges, barriers and enablers to physical activity participation in priority women's groups: Findings from the WALK Program. CM Caperchione WK Mummery K Joyner, J Phys Act Health 2009 6 589 596 19953835
32. Determinants of active leisure women with young children-an "Ethic of Care" prevails. Y Miller WJ Brown, Leisure Sciences 2005 27 405 420 10.1080/01490400500227308
33. Correlates of physical activity among women from diverse racial/ethnic groups. AE Eyler S Wilcox D Matson-Koffman KR Evenson B Sanderson J Thompson J Wilbur D Rohm-Young, J Womens Health Gen Based Med 2002 11 239 253 10.1089/152460902753668448 (Pubitemid 34467552)
34. Physical activity patterns in a diverse population of women. B Sternfeld BE Ainsworth CP Quesenberry, Prev Med 1999 28 313 323 10.1006/pmed.1998.0470 10072751
35. M Barnes L Bauld M Benzeval, Health Action Zones: Partnerships for Health Equity London: Routledge 2005
36. The Health Belief Model: a decade later. NK Janz MH Becker, Health Educ Quart 1984 11 1 47
37. Perceived barriers to community-based health promotion program participation. JG Gatewood RE Litchfield SJ Ryan JD Geadelmann JF Pendergast KK Ullom, Am J Health Behav 2008 32 260 271 18067466
38. Uprooting and resettlement experiences of South Asian immigrant women. UK Choudhry, Western J Nurs Res 2001 23 376 393
39. S Richardson L Miller-Lewis P Ngo, The settlement experiences of new migrants: A comparison of wave one of LSIA1 and LSIA2 Canberra: DIMIA 2002
40. Implications of Islam on Muslim girls sport participation in western Europe: Literature review and policy recommendations for sport promotion. P De Knop M Theeboom H Wittock, Sport Educ Society 1996 1 147 164 10.1080/1357332960010202
41. Mothers reframing physical activity: family oriented politicism, transgression and contested expertise in Australia. B Lewis D Ridge, Soc Sci Med 2005 60 2295 2306 15748677
42. M Lo Cascio M Thomas A Conolly, Busy Mums Wanted: A qualitative study of mothers and physical activity Sydney: Social Health Research Unit, New South Wales Health and Central Sydney Area Health Service 1999
43. Issues in caring for Afghan American elders: insights from literature and a focus group. N Morioka-Douglas T Sacks G Yeo, J Cross Cult Gerontoly 2004 19 27 40 10.1023/B:JCCG.0000015015.63501.db
44. Acculturation and physical activity in a working class multiethnic population. KY Wolin G Colditz AM Stoddard KM Emmons G Sorensen, Prev Med 2006 42 266 272 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.005 16481031
45. Evaluation of an employer-sponsored pedometer-based physical activity program. TK Behrens L Domina GM Fletcher, Percept Mot Skills 2007 105 968 976 18229551
46. Do walking strategies to increase physical activity reduce reported sitting in workplaces: a randomized control trial. ND Gilson A Puig-Ribera J McKenna WJ Brown NW Burton CB Cooke, Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2009 6 43 10.1186/1479-5868-6-43 19619295
47. Group cohesion in older adult exercisers: prediction and intervention effects. PA Estabrooks AV Carron, J Behav Med 1999 22 575 588 10.1023/A:1018741712755 10650537
48. Refugees' perceptions of healthy behaviors. DM Barnes N Almasy, J Immimg Health 2005 7 185 193 10.1007/s10903-005-3675-8 (Pubitemid 40766779)
49. Neighbourhood perceptions of physical activity: a qualitative study. LN Burgoyne C Woods R Coleman IJ Perry, BMC Public Health 2008 8 101 10.1186/1471-2458-8-101 18373842
50. Psychosocial mediators of group cohesion on physical activity intention of older adults. CM Caperchione WK Mummery, Psych Health Med 2007 12 81 93 10.1080/13548500600768254 (Pubitemid 44722150)
51. Migration, cultural bereavement and cultural identity. D Bhugra MA Becker, World Psychiatry 2005 4 18 24 16633496
52. Correlates of physical activity among African American and white women. PA Sharpe ML Granner BE Hutto S Wilcox L Peck CL Addy, Am J Health Behav 2008 32 701 713 18442349
53. DL Morgan RA Krueger JA King, The focus group kit Thousand Oaks:CA: Sage Publications 1998 1-6