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Perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet for health promotion among at-risk urban UK South Asian communities: a qualitative study.
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- Factors facilitating and hindering South Asian immigrant adults from engaging in exercise and physical activity - a qualitative systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review of the Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on the Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in South Asian Migrants.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Pooled it
- Barriers and Facilitators for Type-2 Diabetes Management in South Asians: A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- A critical exploration of the diets of UK disadvantaged communities to inform food systems transformation: a scoping review of qualitative literature using a social practice theory lens.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Disease Risk in South Asian Immigrants: A Review of Prevalence, Factors, and Interventions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Identification and Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in South Asian Populations in the U.S.JACC. Advances · 2023Article
- Global human obesity and global social index: Relationship and clustering.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Exploring the obesity concerns of British Pakistani women living in deprived inner-city areas: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Experiences of living with type 2 diabetes in Pakistan: the role of culture and family in physical activity.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
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- Meanings and practices of the physical activity engaged in by Moroccan women in an Islamic urban environment: A quasi-ethnography.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Studies of Muslim Females' Perceptions of Physical Activity Barriers and Facilitators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet among South Asians in urban deprived communities at high risk of chronic disease and to inform development of culturally appropriate health promotion intervention.
designQualitative study using semistructured one-to-one and family group interviews with thematic analysis of data.
settingUrban disadvantaged communities in the East Midlands of the UK.
participants45 respondents, including 34 people of South Asian origin (16 at-risk individuals, six family groups involving 18 relatives), of mainly Pakistani and Indian origin, including 16 non-English speakers; and 11 health professionals working locally with communities of concern.
resultsSouth Asian participants underlined the challenges of requiring family members across generations to engage in modifying dietary behaviours, and the central role of communal eating of traditional 'Asian' food in their cultural lives. Barriers to increasing physical activity included cost, personal safety and lack of time outside of long working hours and carer commitments. However, increasing walking activity was regarded as feasible by both community and health professional participants. Respondents emphasised using a social approach for potential interventions, undertaking activity with family or friends and with bilingual community peers to facilitate engagement, motivation and support. Spoken content and delivery of interventions was favoured, including personal stories and multilingual audio-visual information; within local informal rather than provider settings, including the home; and aided by pedometers for self-monitoring.
conclusionsFocusing on physical activity by increasing walking may hold promise as health promotion in this deprived South Asian community context. Further intervention development, with exploration of feasibility and acceptability of the social approach and elements suggested, is merited.
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