Physical Activity and Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors: Knowledge and Perceptions of Youth in a Low Resourced Community in the Western Cape
| Autor: | Andrews Barry, Young Marie, Sunday O. Onagbiye, Rampou Mpai Tshidisegang Tshwaro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Community and Home Care
030505 public health Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Physical activity Non-communicable disease medicine.disease Substance abuse 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Perception medicine Western cape 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Open Public Health Journal. 12:558-566 |
| ISSN: | 1874-9445 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874944501912010558 |
| Popis: | Background: The youth's lack of knowledge and misconception on Physical Activity (PA) and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) risk factors aid the growing burden of NCDs globally. This study explored the knowledge and perception of youth in a low-resource community in the Western Cape Province. Methods: A qualitative methodological approach was used for data collection, using a qualitative exploratory study design. Convenience sampling was used to select participants, aged 18-35 years old from Vrygrond in the Western Cape Province. Focused group discussions were steered by means of a semi-structured interview questionnaire to guide the discussion about perceptions and knowledge of PA and NCDs risk factors. Discussions were analysed using Atlas.Ti8. Results: A total of 22 female youth participated in this study. The majority of the participants were single (86.3%), unemployed (63.6%) and secondary schooling (72.7%) of the highest level of education. Results indicated that the participants had little knowledge about PA, but lacked sufficient knowledge with regards to NCDs. Time constraints, lack of interest, low self-esteem, lack of awareness, safety, and financial constraints, knowledge deficit, parental influence, peer pressure, and poverty were seen as a barrier to physical activity and NCDs risk factor. Conclusion: Findings from this study could formulate a policy at the provincial and national level, to provide cost-effective and sustainable educative program as an intervention which addresses youth misconception on physical activity and NCDs risks factor in the 21st century, especially among female youth residing in a low resource community in Western Cape. |
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