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JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 290-297出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1043659606288375
关键词
weight reduction; African American women; Caucasian women; transcultural health; women's health
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Designing culturally relevant weight-reduction programs requires understanding of ethnic variations and illness beliefs. Preliminary data on the values and belief 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) >= 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.
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