Laurene Rehman
Biographic Data
| ID | 230408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurene Rehman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurene |
| FAMILY NAME | Rehman |
| SIGNATURE | REHMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5231-1001 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Identity, Rurality, and Gender
Distinct physical activity identities were exposed within the stories, shaped by parental and peer supports, personal ideals, sociocultural gender roles, and individual sense of agency surrounding physical activity engagement. Rural adolescent girls need both increased social and parental support to better navigate barriers of location and gender stereotypes that may be limiting their physical activity
“Losing access to outdoor spaces was the biggest challenge for children to be healthy”
Introduction: Health-focused communities can promote physical activity for children by providing them with safe and supportive environments to move. Across the COVID-19 pandemic many community spaces and services were closed due to public health restrictions. During the pandemic, Atlantic Canada uniquely implemented an agreement between four provinces to restrict travel and reduce the spread of the virus. The "Atlantic bubble" led to fewer cases …
Parents and Children Should Be More Active Together to Address Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviours
Increasing rates of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours among children and the youth are important determinants of chronic disease. Supporting children's participation in organised physical activities like sports has been promoted as a public health strategy to increase physical activity. Evidence shows that successful interventions are family-focused, although research on how parental eating and physical activity behaviours influence ch…
Exploring parents’ perceptions of preschoolers’ risky outdoor play using a socio-ecological lens
Outdoor play with its risks is necessary for optimal child development. Increasing attention is being paid to factors influencing children's opportunities for risky outdoor play, with parent/guardian (hereafter parent) perceptions being an important, under-researched topic. This research explored parents’ perceptions of preschoolers’ risky outdoor play. Interviews were held with 19 parents of preschoolers in Nova Scotia, Canada. Bronfenbrenner's …
Bodies becoming art
The ways gay men navigate socially constructed body tensions are explored through a post-structural lens. Nine self-identifying gay men in Canada used photovoice to create images that expressed their beliefs, values and practices about their bodies. Participants took part in semi-structured interviews to discuss the meanings of their images. Three discursive considerations were created from the analysis of both interviews and the photographs. Par…
The Impact of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children’s Physical Activity and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Participation in BOKS provided an overall positive experience and may have mitigated COVID-19-related declines in PA in well-being. The results of this evaluation can inform future physically-active after-school programming
The Effect of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children’s Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nova Scotia
Parent-proxy questionnaires suggested that the BOKS programming had a protective effect on children's health behaviours and cognitive, social, and emotional health as values remained within normal limits and were not impacted by the public health restrictions during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia
Regional differences in movement behaviours of children and youth during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada
Privileging physical activity over healthy eating
Physical activity and healthy eating have long been promoted as key strategies in tackling the 'wicked problem' of obesity. Both practices are assumed to go hand-in-hand, but whether one dominates the other has largely remained unexamined. Moreover, time, a dimension beyond the socio-ecological model, is a critical factor of families' busy lives, but related challenges are rarely articulated. We conducted 47 family interviews as part of a mixed m…
Blame, Shame, and Lack of Support
In this research, we examined the experiences of individuals living with obesity, the perceptions of health care providers, and the role of social, institutional, and political structures in the management of obesity. We used feminist poststructuralism as the guiding methodology because it questions everyday practices that many of us take for granted. We identified three key themes across the three participant groups: blame as a devastating relat…
Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Youth in Rural, Suburban and Urban Neighbourhood Types
Overweight Nova Scotia Children and Youth
Far as I Get Is the Clothesline”
This qualitative study explored the unique ways in which caregiving and leisure are conceptualized and mediated among diverse groups of female caregivers (n = 98) in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Data were obtained through 17 focus group discussions between March and June of 2002. Findings reveal that the contexts within which caregivers experience the health effects of caregiving create meanings, opportunities, and challenges for leisure.…
Factors Influencing the Physically Active Leisure of Children and Youth
A phenomenological framework guided data collection and analysis of the prevalent influences on attitudes and behaviors of elementary, junior, and secondary school students towards their physically active leisure. Twenty-two students participated in individual in-depth interviews. Parental influence and outdoor play effected choice and level of physically active leisure for elementary students. Opportunities for organized and non-structured physi…
I Just Want to Have Fun, But Can I?”
This study examined physically active leisure constraints of children and adolescents and empirically analyzed their ability to negotiate strategies to reduce their experience of constraints. Self-administered questionnaires and accelerometers were used to collect data on leisure constraints and physical activity from students (n=1654) in grades 3, 7, and 11. Gender and age differences were found in reported leisure constraints. Grade 3 and 7 gir…
Recognizing the Significance of Culture and Ethnicity
Despite increasing focus on culture and its impact upon study results, researchers may be unaware of or ignore their own cultural biases and assumptions in interpretation of the data. Often when similarities exist between researcher and participant, the researcher may assume cultural homogeneity exists. This article provides an illustration of the problematic nature of such assumptions through the examination of a study on entrepreneurship and th…
Compte rendus / Books Reviews
Blame, Shame, and Lack of Support
In this research, we examined the experiences of individuals living with obesity, the perceptions of health care providers, and the role of social, institutional, and political structures in the management of obesity. We used feminist poststructuralism as the guiding methodology because it questions everyday practices that many of us take for granted. We identified three key themes across the three participant groups: blame as a devastating relat…
Factors Influencing the Physically Active Leisure of Children and Youth
A phenomenological framework guided data collection and analysis of the prevalent influences on attitudes and behaviors of elementary, junior, and secondary school students towards their physically active leisure. Twenty-two students participated in individual in-depth interviews. Parental influence and outdoor play effected choice and level of physically active leisure for elementary students. Opportunities for organized and non-structured physi…
Regional differences in movement behaviours of children and youth during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada
Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Youth in Rural, Suburban and Urban Neighbourhood Types
Overweight Nova Scotia Children and Youth
I Just Want to Have Fun, But Can I?”
This study examined physically active leisure constraints of children and adolescents and empirically analyzed their ability to negotiate strategies to reduce their experience of constraints. Self-administered questionnaires and accelerometers were used to collect data on leisure constraints and physical activity from students (n=1654) in grades 3, 7, and 11. Gender and age differences were found in reported leisure constraints. Grade 3 and 7 gir…
Compte rendus / Books Reviews
Recognizing the Significance of Culture and Ethnicity
Despite increasing focus on culture and its impact upon study results, researchers may be unaware of or ignore their own cultural biases and assumptions in interpretation of the data. Often when similarities exist between researcher and participant, the researcher may assume cultural homogeneity exists. This article provides an illustration of the problematic nature of such assumptions through the examination of a study on entrepreneurship and th…
I Just Want to Have Fun, But Can I?”
This study examined physically active leisure constraints of children and adolescents and empirically analyzed their ability to negotiate strategies to reduce their experience of constraints. Self-administered questionnaires and accelerometers were used to collect data on leisure constraints and physical activity from students (n=1654) in grades 3, 7, and 11. Gender and age differences were found in reported leisure constraints. Grade 3 and 7 gir…
Factors Influencing the Physically Active Leisure of Children and Youth
A phenomenological framework guided data collection and analysis of the prevalent influences on attitudes and behaviors of elementary, junior, and secondary school students towards their physically active leisure. Twenty-two students participated in individual in-depth interviews. Parental influence and outdoor play effected choice and level of physically active leisure for elementary students. Opportunities for organized and non-structured physi…
Far as I Get Is the Clothesline”
This qualitative study explored the unique ways in which caregiving and leisure are conceptualized and mediated among diverse groups of female caregivers (n = 98) in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Data were obtained through 17 focus group discussions between March and June of 2002. Findings reveal that the contexts within which caregivers experience the health effects of caregiving create meanings, opportunities, and challenges for leisure.…
Overweight Nova Scotia Children and Youth
Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Youth in Rural, Suburban and Urban Neighbourhood Types
Blame, Shame, and Lack of Support
In this research, we examined the experiences of individuals living with obesity, the perceptions of health care providers, and the role of social, institutional, and political structures in the management of obesity. We used feminist poststructuralism as the guiding methodology because it questions everyday practices that many of us take for granted. We identified three key themes across the three participant groups: blame as a devastating relat…
Privileging physical activity over healthy eating
Physical activity and healthy eating have long been promoted as key strategies in tackling the 'wicked problem' of obesity. Both practices are assumed to go hand-in-hand, but whether one dominates the other has largely remained unexamined. Moreover, time, a dimension beyond the socio-ecological model, is a critical factor of families' busy lives, but related challenges are rarely articulated. We conducted 47 family interviews as part of a mixed m…
Parents and Children Should Be More Active Together to Address Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviours
Increasing rates of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours among children and the youth are important determinants of chronic disease. Supporting children's participation in organised physical activities like sports has been promoted as a public health strategy to increase physical activity. Evidence shows that successful interventions are family-focused, although research on how parental eating and physical activity behaviours influence ch…
Exploring parents’ perceptions of preschoolers’ risky outdoor play using a socio-ecological lens
Outdoor play with its risks is necessary for optimal child development. Increasing attention is being paid to factors influencing children's opportunities for risky outdoor play, with parent/guardian (hereafter parent) perceptions being an important, under-researched topic. This research explored parents’ perceptions of preschoolers’ risky outdoor play. Interviews were held with 19 parents of preschoolers in Nova Scotia, Canada. Bronfenbrenner's …
Bodies becoming art
The ways gay men navigate socially constructed body tensions are explored through a post-structural lens. Nine self-identifying gay men in Canada used photovoice to create images that expressed their beliefs, values and practices about their bodies. Participants took part in semi-structured interviews to discuss the meanings of their images. Three discursive considerations were created from the analysis of both interviews and the photographs. Par…
The Impact of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children’s Physical Activity and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Participation in BOKS provided an overall positive experience and may have mitigated COVID-19-related declines in PA in well-being. The results of this evaluation can inform future physically-active after-school programming
The Effect of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children’s Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nova Scotia
Parent-proxy questionnaires suggested that the BOKS programming had a protective effect on children's health behaviours and cognitive, social, and emotional health as values remained within normal limits and were not impacted by the public health restrictions during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia
Regional differences in movement behaviours of children and youth during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada
“Losing access to outdoor spaces was the biggest challenge for children to be healthy”
Introduction: Health-focused communities can promote physical activity for children by providing them with safe and supportive environments to move. Across the COVID-19 pandemic many community spaces and services were closed due to public health restrictions. During the pandemic, Atlantic Canada uniquely implemented an agreement between four provinces to restrict travel and reduce the spread of the virus. The "Atlantic bubble" led to fewer cases …
Identity, Rurality, and Gender
Distinct physical activity identities were exposed within the stories, shaped by parental and peer supports, personal ideals, sociocultural gender roles, and individual sense of agency surrounding physical activity engagement. Rural adolescent girls need both increased social and parental support to better navigate barriers of location and gender stereotypes that may be limiting their physical activity
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Nova scotia (6 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works) · Physical activity (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Physical Activity and Health (5 works)