Barriers to outdoor physical activity in wintertime among Somali youth

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 726-736

  Rothe, Elizabeth ^a   Holt, Christina ^a   Kuhn, Celine ^a   McAteer, Timothy ^a   Askari, Isabella ^a,b   O'Meara, Mary ^a,c   Sharif, Abdimajid ^a,b   Dexter, William ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Healthcare Charities ^*  (United States)

^c Healthcare Charities   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Physical activity; Somali; Theory of planned behavior; Winter; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SEASON; SOCIAL CLASS; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOMALIA;

EID: 79952059452     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9287-y     Document Type: Article

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