Diversity Project: A look at physical activity and healthy eating in African American, Latino and Native American communities

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

pdf file, 80 pages
Published: 2005
GeoOrigin: International

This is a detailed report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation identifying the barriers that American, Latino and Native American communities may face when developing physical activity and healthy eating programs.

Keywords: healthy eating, programs, health promotion, barriers, cultural differences

Older adult perspectives on physical activity and exercise: Voices from multiple cultures

Preventing Chronic Disease

Published:
Oct 2004
GeoOrigin: International

Belza, B., Walkwick, J., Shiu-Thornton, S., Schwartz, S., Taylor, M., & LoGerfo, J. (2004). Older adult perspectives on physical activity and exercise: Voices from multiple cultures. Preventing Chronic Disease, 1, 1-12.

Keywords: academic journal articles, research, older adults, barriers, cultural differences

Promoting behavior change among working-class, multiethnic workers: Results of the healthy directions-small business study

American Journal of Public Health

Published:
Aug 2005
GeoOrigin: International

Sorensen, G., Barbeau, E., Stoddard, A.M., Hunt, M.K., Kaphingst, K., & Wallace, L. (2005). Promoting behavior change among working-class, multiethnic workers: Results of the healthy directions-small business study. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 1389-1395.

Keywords: workplace academic journal articles, workplace research, cultural differences, workplace healthy eating, behaviour change, workplace programs

Staying healthy: The salience and meaning of health maintenance behaviors among rural older adults in North Carolina.

Social Science & Medicine

Published:
Dec 2001
GeoOrigin: International

Arcury, T.A., Quandt, S. A., & Bell, R.A. (2001). Social Science & Medicine, 53, 1541-1556.

Keywords: academic journal articles, research, older adults, cultural differences, healthy aging, communities