title: Perceptions of sedentary African-American women about continuous versus intermittent walking.
abstract: To meet current physical activity recommendations, a person may chose to adopt a continuous or an intermittent physical activity program, as long as they accumulate 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity most days of the week. Sixty-four sedentary African-American women were surveyed to assess whether perceptions about continuous and intermittent walking programs differed. Specifically, we assessed whether perceptions of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, social support, and the environment varied with respect to walking programs. Results indicated that the women perceived higher self-efficacy for the intermittent walking program and associated this program with more favorable environmental factors (p < .05). However, they expected greater benefits from the continuous walking program (p < .05). Overall, 65% of the women reported that they would prefer to adopt the continuous walking program.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion/Health Education, The University of Texas-Houston, CHPRD, School of Public Health, 77225, USA.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Heesch
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Mâsse
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aday
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health