| Policy-makers' Responses to Neighborhood Focus Group Outcomes on Physical Activity. | |
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PMID: 22207188 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Neighborhood environment and resources affect physical activity. This study examined the relationships between San Francisco residents' perceived barriers to physical activity and policy-maker perspectives of conditions in neighborhoods that are under-served for physical activity. METHODS: Nine focus groups comprised of primarily African American, Chinese American and Latino populations were constructed from six low-income neighborhoods to respond to questions based on the social-ecological model about neighborhood recreational opportunities and to offer policy and intervention strategies to increase physical activity. A tenth focus group was conducted with staff members from seven city departments to respond to neighborhood focus groups outcomes. The transcribed videotaped discussions were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Both residents and policy-makers highlighted neighborhood disparities that reduce physical activity including unsafe and unhealthy environments and difficulty accessing available resources. Residents reported fewer available, free or low-cost resources than those identified by policy-makers. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that policy-makers would benefit from consideration of neighborhood-level affects of policies on physical activity and local residents' recommendations for policies affecting physical activity. Concordance between residents' perceptions and policy-maker perceptions of neighborhood conditions for physical activity was greater than reported in previous literature. |
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Susan Gail Zieff; Claudia Maria Guedes; Amy Eyler |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-27 |
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Title: Journal of physical activity & health Volume: - ISSN: 1543-5474 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101189457 Medline TA: J Phys Act Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Dept. of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. |
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