Social Support and Physical Activity Among American Indians in Oklahoma: Results From a Community-based Participatory Research Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about the contribution of social support to physical activity (PA) behavior among American Indians (AIs). This community-based participatory research study examined the prevalence of and associations between different types of PA social support and PA among AIs in rural Oklahoma.

Methods

Our tribal-academic partnership surveyed AI adults (N = 513) living within the tribal jurisdictional areas of 2 tribal nations. We used the Physical Activity Social Support (PASS) scale to assess 3 types of PA social support and Poisson regression to investigate associations between PASS types and self-reported PA behavior.

Findings

Over a third of participants perceived high levels of PA social support from friends (37%), family (35%), and overall (34%), yet o

SUBMITTER: Salvatore AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482099 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature