title: English language proficiency and physical activity among Mexican-origin women in South Texas and South Carolina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP), physical activity, and physical activity-related psychosocial measures (i.e., exercise self-efficacy, exercise social support, perceptions of environmental supports) among Mexican-origin women in South Carolina and Texas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adjusted robust regression and interaction modeling to evaluate baseline questionnaire data on self-reported ELP with CHAMPS leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), accelerometry data, Physical Activity Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity Social Support, and Environmental Support for Physical Activity in 118 Mexican-origin women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The adjusted regression revealed a significant association between ELP and perceived physical activity self-efficacy (β = 234.2, p = .004), but not with physical activity social support. In South Carolina, CHAMPS leisure-time MVPA (411.4 versus 114.3 minutes, p < .05) was significantly different between women in the high ELP quartile and those in the very low quartile. Among high ELP Mexican-origin women, participants in Texas reported significantly higher MVPA measured by accelerometry (p = .042) than those in South Carolina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings indicate that ELP was associated with physical activity and that contextual factors may also play a role.
authors: Jennifer J
authors: JJ
authors: Salinas
authors: DeAnne K
authors: DK
authors: Hilfinger Messias
authors: Daisy
authors: D
authors: Morales-Campos
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Parra-Medina
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007803:Language Arts; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013022:South Carolina; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult