阿拉巴马州伯明翰市公共住房居民的身体活动情况。
Physical activity of public housing residents in Birmingham, Alabama.
作者信息
Lewis C E, Raczynski J M, Heath G W, Levinson R, Cutter G R
机构信息
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
出版信息
Am J Public Health. 1993 Jul;83(7):1016-20. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.7.1016.
OBJECTIVES
Because few data are available concerning physical activity among minority and low-income persons, we characterized physical activity patterns among public housing residents.
METHODS
Two separate cross-sectional surveys were conducted 1 year apart of randomly selected residents of eight rental communities administered by the housing authority of Birmingham, Ala. Indigenous interviewers completed 687 interviews in survey 1 and 599 in survey 2.
RESULTS
In both surveys, respondents were most frequently young adult African-American women, reflecting the predominance of women in these communities. Participants were generally poorly educated and either unemployed or working in service occupations. Thirty percent of the respondents in both surveys reported no participation in any of 13 physical activities in the previous year; approximately half reported activity levels equivalent to or less than walking 4 hours per week for 8 months of the year. Respondents who were younger and male were significantly more likely to have higher activity levels.
CONCLUSIONS
A sedentary life-style is common among this low-income minority group, and, thus, interventions to promote exercise in these communities are needed.
目的
由于关于少数族裔和低收入人群身体活动的数据较少，我们对公共住房居民的身体活动模式进行了描述。
方法
对阿拉巴马州伯明翰住房管理局管理的八个租赁社区的随机抽取居民进行了两次独立的横断面调查，两次调查间隔一年。当地访谈人员在第一次调查中完成了687次访谈，在第二次调查中完成了599次访谈。
结果
在两次调查中，受访者大多是年轻的成年非裔美国女性，这反映了这些社区中女性占多数的情况。参与者普遍受教育程度较低，要么失业，要么从事服务行业工作。两次调查中均有30%的受访者表示在前一年没有参与13项体育活动中的任何一项；约一半受访者报告的活动水平相当于或低于一年中8个月每周步行4小时的水平。年龄较小和男性受访者的活动水平明显更高的可能性更大。
结论
这种低收入少数群体中久坐不动的生活方式很常见，因此，需要在这些社区开展促进锻炼的干预措施。
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