Baseline Results from Hawaii's Nā Mikimiki Project: A Physical Activity Intervention Tailored to Multiethnic Postpartum Women
| Autor: | Lynne R. Wilkens, Jason E. Maddock, Kara Saiki, Brooke Hedemark, Andrea L. Dunn, Paulette M Yamada, Alana D. Steffen, Claudio R. Nigg, Wendy J. Brown, Rachel Novotny, Cheryl L. Albright |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Counseling Male Gerontology Activities of daily living Ethnic group physical activity Mothers Health Promotion Motor Activity Social Environment Hawaii Body Mass Index law.invention Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 5. Gender equality Telephone counseling Randomized controlled trial law Surveys and Questionnaires Activities of Daily Living Humans Medicine Mass index postpartum 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Exercise 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry motherhood Postpartum Period Infant Social Support General Medicine Self Efficacy Telephone 3. Good health ethnicity Female business Attitude to Health Body mass index Postpartum period Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Women & Health |
| ISSN: | 1541-0331 0363-0242 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03630242.2012.662935 |
| Popis: | During the postpartum period, ethnic minority women have higher rates of inactivity/under-activity than white women. The Nā Mikimiki ("the active ones") Project is designed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over 18 months among multiethnic women with infants 2-12 months old. The study was designed to test, via a randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of a tailored telephone counseling of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity intervention compared to a print/website materials-only condition. Healthy, underactive women (mean age = 32 ± 5.6 years) with a baby (mean age = 5.7 ± 2.8 months) were enrolled from 2008-2009 (N = 278). Of the total sample, 84% were ethnic minority women, predominantly Asian-American and Native Hawaiian. Mean self-reported baseline level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was 40 minutes/week with no significant differences by study condition, ethnicity, infant's age, maternal body mass index, or maternal employment. Women had high scores on perceived benefits, self-efficacy, and environmental support for exercise but low scores on social support for exercise. This multiethnic sample's demographic and psychosocial characteristics and their perceived barriers to exercise were comparable to previous physical activity studies conducted largely with white postpartum women. The Nā Mikimiki Project's innovative tailored technology-based intervention and unique population are significant contributions to the literature on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in postpartum women. |
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