Understanding the complex interplay of barriers to physical activity amongst black and minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Koshoedo, Sejlo A ^a   Paul Ebhohimhen, Virginia A ^b   Jepson, Ruth G ^c   Watson, Margaret C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black population; Culture; Ethnic groups; Lifestyle; Meta ethnography; Migrants; Minority health; Physical activity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84936856496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1893-0     Document Type: Article

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