Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among Black women: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.

ABSTRACT: American Black women are less physically active than other American women. While a number of qualitative studies have investigated this issue, there has been no effort to synthesize this literature. Purpose: This study aimed to utilize qualitative thematic synthesis to employ the intersectionality framework in synthesizing existing published qualitative studies on barriers to and facilitators of physical activity for Black women and reflect constructs related to (a) all American women, (b) Black Americans, and (c) Black women. This qualitative thematic synthesis included 18 studies published from 2011 to 2023. Studies were coded for quality and then reviewed with their themes identified and inductively integrated across the studies. The resulting themes were then deductively placed within

SUBMITTER: Howard SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620631 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature