Facilitators, barriers, and components of a culturally tailored afterschool physical activity program in preadolescent African American girls and their mothers

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-13

  Alhassan, Sofiya ^a   Greever, Cory ^a   Nwaokelemeh, Ogechi ^a   Mendoza, Albert ^a   Barr Anderson, Daheia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Mother daughter dyads; Physical activity; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DANCING; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIBLING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURE; DANCING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84893508411     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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