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A center based program for exercise change among Black-American families

Baranowski, Tom, Simons-Morton, Bruce, Hooks, Paul, Henske, Janice, Tiernan, Kathy, Kay Dunn, J., Burkhalter, Harold, Harper, John +1 more·1990·Health Education Quarterly
DOI 10.1177/109019819001700205
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A center-based program was designed and implemented to promote aerobic physical activity among healthy Black-American families with children in the fifth through seventh grades. Ninety-four Black-American families were actively recruited and randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. Families in the experimental group were encouraged to participate in a program with the following features: one education and two fitness sessions per week for 14 weeks; educational sessions that included individual counseling, small group education, aerobic activity, and snack components; located in a convenient building cherished by the community; aerobic activity sessions in a fitness center outfitted and staffed according to modern characteristics; a variety of incentives including free transportation and babysitting and reminders to promote attendance. Percent participation was low, with about 20% participating in the desired fitness center sessions by the end of the program. As a result of low participation, no differences were detected between experimental and control groups on indicators of cardiovascular fitness. In postprogram interviews, conflicts with work and school events were the most commonly reported reasons for nonattendance. We concluded that because of difficulties in attendance, center-based programs appear to have limited value as the sole modality for intervention in public health programs for promoting physical activity among healthy, low income Black-American families with young children. More comprehensive community-based programs are likely to be needed.

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  • Lack of change in leisure-time physical activity or fitness has been attributed most often to inadequate dose, poor compliance, inattention to multiple risk factors and overly simplistic interventions, methodological errors in fitness measurement, and failure to control confounders.

    “Lack of change in leisure time physical activity or physical fitness, in turn, has been attributed most o en to issues of: a) inadequate dose (Tolfrey 2000); b) poor compliance (Baranowski 1990); c) inattention to the multiplicity of risk factors for physical inactivity and subsequent overly simplistic, unidimensional interventions;”

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Authors
Baranowski, T., Simons-Morton, B., Hooks, P., Henske, J., Tiernan, K., Kay Dunn, J., Burkhalter, H., Harper, J., & Palmer, J.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, J25, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
ORCID
Baranowski, Tom
Venue
Health Education Quarterly
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1990-06
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
179-196
ISSN
0195-8402 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/109019819001700205
OpenAlex
W2140455210
Cited by
123
References
21
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
FWCI
2.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Health Education Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
Keywords
aerobic physical activity, children aged 5-12, cardiorespiratory fitness, program attendance, barriers to participation, low-income households, community-based intervention, physical activity promotion, incentives
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Black or African American, Blood Pressure, Body Weight, Child, Family, Family Health, Female, Humans, Male, Health Behavior, Exercise

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