title: Comparisons of Physical Activity and Walking Between Korean Immigrant and White Women in King County, WA.
abstract: Immigrant and minority women are less physically active than White women particularly during leisure time. However, prior research demonstrates that reported household physical activity (PA) and non-leisure time walking/biking were higher among the former. Using accelerometers, GPS, and travel logs, transport-related, home-based, and leisure time PA were measured objectively for 7 days from a convenience sample of 60 first-generation Korean immigrant women and 69 matched White women from the Travel Assessment and Community Project in King County, Washington. Time spent in total PA, walking, and home-based PA was higher among Whites than Korean immigrants regardless of PA type or location. 58 % of the White women but only 20 % of the Korean women met CDC's PA recommendations. Socio-economic status, psychosocial factors, and participants' neighborhood built environmental factors failed to account for the observed PA differences between these groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: So-Ra
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA, 98195-5740, USA.
authors.forename: Anne Vernez
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Moudon
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Saelens
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Bumjoon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA, 98195-5740, USA.
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hurvitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, 410 Gould Hall, Box 355740, Seattle, WA, 98195-5740, USA. cbae@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Chang-Hee Christine
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004777:Environment; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016138:Walking; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Accelerometer; GPS; Korean immigrant women; Objective measures; Physical activity; Walking; White women