Improving Urban Minority Girls’ Health Via Community Summer Programming
| Autor: | Carolyn R. Bates, Lara R. Dugas, Amy M. Bohnert, Amy Heard, Amanda K. Ward, Kimberly A. Burdette, Rebecca L. Silton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
Pediatric Obesity medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Calorie Adolescent Sociology and Political Science Physical activity Context (language use) Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans Community Health Services 030212 general & internal medicine Child Poverty Minority Groups Chicago Consumption (economics) Health Policy Dietary intake Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Obesity Anthropology Female Seasons medicine.symptom Psychology Weight gain Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 4:1237-1245 |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 2197-3792 |
| Popis: | Summertime has emerged as a high-risk period for weight gain among low-income minority youth who often experience a lack of resources when not attending school. Structured programming may be an effective means of reducing risk for obesity by improving obesogenic behaviors among these youth. The current multi-method study examined sedentary time, physical activity, and dietary intake among low-income urban minority girls in two contexts: an unstructured summertime setting and in the context of a structured 4-week community-based summer day camp program promoting physical activity. Data were analyzed using paired-sample t tests and repeated-measure analyses of variance with significance at the p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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