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A culturally-specific dance intervention to increase functional capacity in African American women.
- Source :
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Journal of cultural diversity [J Cult Divers] 2008 Winter; Vol. 15 (4), pp. 168-73. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This study examined a culturally-specific dance intervention on functional capacity in African American women at three time points. The intervention was two times per week for 8 weeks using two African American churches randomly assigned to either the experimental or comparison group, had 126 participants, ages 36-82 years. Analysis of covariance revealed that both groups improved over time and the only significant difference between groups was at 18 weeks. The increase at 18 weeks in the experimental group remained when controlling for baseline covariates. This study supported culturally-specific dance as an intervention to improve functional capacity in African American women.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Black or African American education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ethnology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 prevention & control
Female
Heart Diseases ethnology
Heart Diseases prevention & control
Humans
Hypertension ethnology
Hypertension prevention & control
Middle Aged
Obesity ethnology
Obesity prevention & control
Ohio
Patient Education as Topic
Physical Fitness
Regression Analysis
Single-Blind Method
Treatment Outcome
Activities of Daily Living psychology
Black or African American ethnology
Cultural Characteristics
Dancing physiology
Dancing psychology
Exercise Therapy methods
Women psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1071-5568
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of cultural diversity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19202718