Levels and correlates of exercise in a border mexican american population. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To examine personal and environmental correlates of exercise among Mexican Americans living in the Texas-Mexico border region. METHODS: The study was based on data from a community health assessment conducted in 2 counties at the Texas-Mexico border region. A random-digit-dialed community survey was used in this cross-sectional study (n=933). RESULTS: A majority of border Mexican Americans (52%) did not exercise at all. Gender, age, and self-rated health were statistically significant correlates to exercise. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding personal and environmental factors that influence physical activity and exercise in this minority population is critical for the development of culturally sensitive health interventions.

authors

• Burdine, James
• Mier, Nelda
• Ory, Marcia

published proceedings

• Am J Health Behav

author list (cited authors)

• Mier, N., Ory, M. G., Zhan, D., Wang, S., & Burdine, J. N.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Mier, Nelda||Ory, Marcia G||Zhan, Dongling||Wang, Suojin||Burdine, James N

publication date

• March 2007

publisher

• JCFCorp SG PTE LTD  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Health Behavior  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Attitude To Health
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Exercise
• Female
• Health Surveys
• Humans
• Male
• Mexican Americans
• Middle Aged
• Texas

PubMed Central ID

• 17269906

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.2.159

start page

• 159

end page

• 169

volume

• 31

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.31.2.5