Ethnic differences in the home environment and physical activity behaviors among low-income, minority preschoolers in Texas

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-278

  Chuang, Ru Jye ^a,b   Sharma, Shreela ^a,b   Skala, Katie ^a,b   Evans, Alexandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Home Environment; Low Income; Parental Practice; Physical Activity; Preschool; Prevention Research; Television Viewing

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; TEXAS;

EID: 84882436120     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.110427-QUAN-171     Document Type: Article

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