Somali women's view of physical activity - A focus group study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Persson, Gerthi ^a,b   Mahmud, Amina Jama ^b   Hansson, Eva Ekvall ^b   Strandberg, Eva Lena ^a,b  

^a Blekinge Centre of Competence   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus group; Migration; Physical activity; Primary health care; Somalia; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SAFETY; SOMALI (PEOPLE); SOMALIA; SWEDEN; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84928793485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-129     Document Type: Article

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