Rohm Young Deborah, Voorhees Carolyn C
Department of Kinesiology, 2312 HHP, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2003 Oct;25(3 Suppl 1):38-44. doi: 10.1016/s0749-3797(03)00163-6.
African-American women are at risk of chronic diseases for which regular physical activity can provide benefits. This group, however, remains predominantly sedentary. Little research has been undertaken to elucidate the multiple factors that influence their physical activity levels. This study was designed to determine associations among personal, social environmental, and physical environmental factors with physical activity level in urban African-American women.
The Women and Physical Activity Survey, an interviewer-administered survey consisting of demographic, personal, and social and physical environmental factors, was given to 234 African-American women living in Baltimore, Maryland. Physical activity level was determined from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. Women were divided into three groups: meeting current recommendations for moderate or vigorous physical activity, insufficiently active, and inactive. Comparisons were made between the group of women that met recommendations versus women who did not, and women who reported any activity versus women who were inactive.
Twenty-one percent (48) of women met recommendations for physical activity, 61% (143) were insufficiently active, and 18% (43) were inactive. Women who had a partner or who had no children were less likely to engage in some physical activity. Inactive women were more likely than women who participated in some physical activity to know people who exercised. Women who belonged to community groups were more likely to be inactive than women who met current recommendations for physical activity. Women with fewer social roles were more likely to meet current recommendations. Physical environment factors were not associated with physical activity level.
Further exploration is needed to determine how personal and social environmental and physical environmental factors relate to physical activity in African-American women.
非裔美国女性面临患慢性病的风险，而定期进行体育活动可能会带来益处。然而，这一群体大多仍久坐不动。很少有研究致力于阐明影响她们体育活动水平的多种因素。本研究旨在确定城市非裔美国女性的个人、社会环境和物理环境因素与体育活动水平之间的关联。
对居住在马里兰州巴尔的摩的234名非裔美国女性进行了“女性与体育活动调查”，这是一项由访谈员进行的调查，涵盖人口统计学、个人、社会和物理环境因素。体育活动水平通过行为风险因素监测系统调查来确定。女性被分为三组：达到当前适度或剧烈体育活动建议标准的、活动不足的和不活动的。对达到建议标准的女性组与未达到建议标准的女性组进行比较，以及对报告有任何活动的女性与不活动的女性进行比较。
21%（48名）女性达到了体育活动建议标准，61%（143名）活动不足，18%（43名）不活动。有伴侣或没有孩子的女性进行某些体育活动的可能性较小。与参与某些体育活动的女性相比，不活动的女性更有可能认识锻炼的人。属于社区团体的女性比达到当前体育活动建议标准的女性更有可能不活动。社会角色较少的女性更有可能达到当前建议标准。物理环境因素与体育活动水平无关。
需要进一步探索以确定个人、社会环境和物理环境因素如何与非裔美国女性的体育活动相关。
