Values and Beliefs About Obesity and Weight Reduction Among African American and Caucasian Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19463136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Blixen (0000-0001-7738-4557, Cleveland Clinic), Carol E Blixen (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Anisha Singh (0000-0003-4405-5612, Jewish Hospital), Holly Thacker (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Holly L Thacker (Cleveland Clinic) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 290-297 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Transcultural Nursing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-6596 • E-ISSN: 1552-7832 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1043659606288375 |
| PMID | 16757669 |
| OpenAlex | W2135533682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 23 |
Designing culturally relevant weight-reduction programs requires understanding of ethnic variations and illness beliefs. Preliminary data on the values and beliefs about obesity and weight reduction were obtained from women of different ethnic/racial backgrounds. Purposive sampling was used to recruit African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) women with a body mass index (BMI)[.greaterequal] 30 from the general internal medicine clinics of a large tertiary care facility. Four focus groups (2 with AA women and 2 with C women) consisting of a total of 20 subjects were conducted in a 2-month period. AA women cited culture specific barriers to weight loss more so than did C women. AA women and C women also differed on how health care professionals could help them with weight loss. These findings have implications for nursing's role in the design of culturally relevant weight-loss programs
Body mass index · Culturally appropriate · Culturally sensitive · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health care · Nonprobability sampling · Obesity · Population · Sociology · Weight loss · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |