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Including the values of UK ethnic minority communities in policies to improve physical activity and healthy eating.
- Source :
- Discover Public Health; 7/31/2024, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-20, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Physical activity and healthy eating are important for physical and mental health, yet long-standing inequalities constrain the ability of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom (UK) to adopt these behaviours. Programmes aimed to improve these behaviours have also often not been engaged with by these communities. This study therefore aimed to: (1) identify the values underlying the physical activity and healthy eating behaviours of UK ethnic minorities and (2) explore how structural, socio-economic and environmental factors interact with these values to influence their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours. The study adopted a relativist ontological and subjectivist epistemological philosophical assumption. Qualitative interviews were used to address research objectives. A total of 10 group and five individual interviews were conducted with 41 participants. All participants were from an ethnic minority background (Black, Asian or Mixed according to the UK Office for National Statistics classification), recruited purposively and aged between 18 and 86 years and were living in England and Wales. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Community engagement was embedded throughout the study. We found that culture and family, community and social life, and health are important values underlying the physical activity and healthy eating behaviours of UK ethnic minority communities. External factors, including racism and access (geographical, social and economic), interact with these values to drive health behaviours. Using an illustrative guide, we conclude the paper with policy and practice recommendations on how public health programmes on physical activity and healthy eating can be aligned with these values to ensure relevance for ethnic minority communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FAMILIES & psychology
ENVIRONMENTAL health
RISK assessment
HEALTH services accessibility
COMMUNITY health services
QUALITATIVE research
RESEARCH funding
MENTAL health
LABOR productivity
HEALTH policy
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INTERVIEWING
WORK environment
STATISTICAL sampling
REGULATION of body weight
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
POPULATION geography
COVID-19 vaccines
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SOCIAL attitudes
THEMATIC analysis
RACISM
NON-communicable diseases
HEALTH behavior
FOOD habits
RESEARCH methodology
COMMUNICATION
MINORITIES
HEALTH promotion
COMPARATIVE studies
PHYSICAL activity
CULTURAL pluralism
ACCESS to information
MEDICAL care costs
NUTRITION
DIET
DISEASE risk factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 30050774
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Discover Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178778105
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00163-4