ReviewFrontiers in public health2023
Understanding physical activity from a cultural-contextual lens.
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- Contributions of park-based activities to overall physical activity among adults living near recently renovated parks in low-income New York City neighborhoods: variations by race/ethnicity and sex.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Health-Related Physical Fitness of Romanian University Students: The European Fitness Badge Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Does the intervention approach matter for improving 24-hour physical behaviours among overweight and obese Brazilian office workers?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceptions and Intentions to Prevent Diabetes Among At-Risk Individuals: A Qualitative Study Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- Culturally relevant physical activity in Hawai'i: outrigger canoeing across an adapted social-ecological model.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Physical Activity, Sedentary Patterns, and Lifestyle Behavior in Spanish Preschool Children from the CORALS Cohort.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
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Abstract
This paper aims to emphasize the need to acknowledge unique cultural and contextual meanings of physical activity to improve health outcomes in different communities. Leininger's Sunrise Model was used as the theoretical base to understand the complex cultural and contextual factors that influence physical activity. Beliefs and practices surrounding physical activity are influenced by a variety of cultural and contextual factors. Providing culturally relevant contexts to the meaning of physical activity allows opportunities for improving policies or programs that would engage individuals and communities in physical activity in culturally meaningful ways. Incorporating cultural and contextual factors is critical to promote physical activity, especially in minority and vulnerable communities.
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