title: [Gender and physical activity in Mexican women with experience of migration to the USA].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the influence of gender on the practice of physical activity, in women with experiences of migration to the U.S.A.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative design with methods based on grounded theory. The information was obtained through in-depth interviews of 19 women living in rural localities in the central zone of Mexico.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Through this analysis, a core category arose: social criticism of physical exercise. The results show that married women do not perform physical exercise because, due social norms, it is socially frowned upon and men are responsible for making the decision to permit it. Gender, female identity, women's role as subordinates to men, and social criticism are elements that contribute to understanding the lack of physical activity among these women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suggest that healthcare programs be designed to promote physical activity among adult women in rural areas, taking gender perspective and the population's context into account.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia, myriam@uis.edu.co.
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México, luz.arenas@insp.mx.
authors.forename: Luz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arenas-Monreal
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México, luz.arenas@insp.mx.
authors.forename: Pastor
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonilla-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México, luz.arenas@insp.mx.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valdez-Santiago
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México, luz.arenas@insp.mx.
authors.forename: Celina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rueda-Neria
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México, luz.arenas@insp.mx.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernández-Tezoquipa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D015444:Exercise; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009043:Motor Activity; D009790:Occupations; D010379:Peer Group; D011998:Recreation; D012424:Rural Population; D012930:Social Dominance; D014481:United States; D014930:Women; D055815:Young Adult