Péloquin Claudie, Doering Thomas, Alley Stephanie, Rebar Amanda
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand.
Central Queensland University, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2017 Oct;41(5):474-479. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12701. Epub 2017 Jul 27.
Disparities in health perspectives between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations are major concerns in many of the world's well-developed nations. Indigenous populations are largely less healthy, more prone to chronic diseases, and have an earlier overall mortality than non-Indigenous populations. Low levels of physical activity (PA) contribute to the high levels of disease in Indigenous Australians.
Qualitative analysis of structured one-on-one interviews discussing PA in a regional setting. Participants were 12 Indigenous Australian adults, and 12 non-Indigenous Australian adults matched on age, sex, and basketball division.
Most participants reported engaging in regular exercise; however, the Indigenous group reported more barriers to PA. These factors included cost, time management and environmental constraints. The physical facilitators identified by our Indigenous sample included social support, intrinsic motivation and role modelling.
Findings describe individual and external factors that promote or constraint PA as reported by Indigenous Australian adults. Results indicate that Indigenous people face specific barriers to PA when compared to a non-Indigenous sample. Implications for public health: This study is the first to compare the perspective of Indigenous Australians to a matched group of non-Indigenous Australians and provides useful knowledge to develop public health programs based on culturally sensitive data.
在世界上许多发达国家，原住民和非原住民在健康观念上的差异是主要关注点。原住民总体上健康状况较差，更容易患慢性病，且比非原住民的总体死亡率更高。身体活动水平低导致澳大利亚原住民疾病高发。
对在地区环境中讨论身体活动的结构化一对一访谈进行定性分析。参与者为12名澳大利亚原住民成年人和12名在年龄、性别和篮球组别上匹配的非澳大利亚原住民成年人。
大多数参与者报告有规律地进行锻炼；然而，原住民群体报告的身体活动障碍更多。这些因素包括成本、时间管理和环境限制。我们的原住民样本确定的促进身体活动的因素包括社会支持、内在动力和榜样作用。
研究结果描述了澳大利亚原住民成年人报告的促进或限制身体活动的个体和外部因素。结果表明，与非原住民样本相比，原住民在身体活动方面面临特定障碍。对公共卫生的启示：本研究首次将澳大利亚原住民的观点与一组匹配的非澳大利亚原住民进行比较，并提供了基于文化敏感数据制定公共卫生项目的有用知识。
