Knowledge is (Not) Power: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for African-American Women

Barnett, Tracey; Praetorius, Regina T.

doi:10.1080/00981389.2015.1005272

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“…Findings about awareness, knowledge of food options, and enablers, such as social support, are not unusual as it is well-documented that these are determinants of food choice and dietary adherence. 27-30 Study participants described how knowledge and exposure to healthy plant-based options and alternative meal preparation methods transformed their skills and perspectives on food choices. As documented elsewhere, 27,30 however, awareness or knowledge alone was insufficient for behavior change.…”

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“…27-30 Study participants described how knowledge and exposure to healthy plant-based options and alternative meal preparation methods transformed their skills and perspectives on food choices. As documented elsewhere, 27,30 however, awareness or knowledge alone was insufficient for behavior change. Some participants struggled in consistently making plant-based food choices.…”

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“They Eat What They Eat, I Eat What I Eat”: Examining the Perspectives and Experiences of African Americans Who Adopt Plant-Based Diets

Botchway

Turner‐McGrievy

Crimarco

et al. 2020

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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Adopting a plant-rich or plant-based diet is one of the major recommendations for addressing obesity, overweight, and related health conditions in the United States. Currently, research on African Americans’ food choices in the context of plant-based diets is limited. The primary aim of this study was to understand food-related experiences and perceptions of African Americans who were participating in the Nutritious Eating with Soul (NEW Soul) study, a culturally tailored dietary intervention focused on increasing the consumption of plant-based foods. The roles of gender and ethnicity were also examined to identify how eating patterns were chosen or maintained. Twenty-one African American adults in South Carolina, who were randomly assigned to either a vegan diet (n = 11) or a low-fat omnivorous diet (n = 10) in the NEW Soul study, completed one-on-one, qualitative interviews. Emerging themes included awareness, being in control, and identity. The study revealed that access to social support and coping strategies for addressing negative comments about plant-based food choices may be important components to include in future nutrition interventions focused on African Americans.

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“They Eat What They Eat, I Eat What I Eat”: Examining the Perspectives and Experiences of African Americans Who Adopt Plant-Based Diets

Botchway

Turner‐McGrievy

Crimarco

et al. 2020

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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“…Typical concerns center around whether it is appropriate to synthesize studies across different qualitative traditions, academic disciplines, and qualitative data collection methods. Though many approaches to meta-synthesis exist, QIMS was developed to address these typical concerns and has been used in a handful of studies (e.g., Aguirre & Bolton, 2014;Barnett & Praetorius, 2015;Frank & Aguirre, 2013;Maleku & Aguirre, 2014;Nordberg, Crawford, Praetorius, & Hatcher, 2015;Sliva, 2015;Smith & Aguirre, 2012). QIMS is tailored to the social work profession (Aguirre & Bolton, 2014) and was chosen to synthesize the findings of previous qualitative studies concerning the state of prison health services, specifically mental health services.…”

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Environmental influences on services for and mental health of incarcerated populations: A review

Terry

Praetorius

Nordberg

2016

Journal of Social Work

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There has been growing concern about the quality of health services, including mental health services, within the world’s and prisons. The purpose of the current qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS) is to examine the prison environment and how it influences the mental health services delivered to prisoners. It is the hope of these authors that with this QIMS, knowledge improvements and modifications to current policies and practices can begin to take shape. A total of five studies published between 2003 and 2013 were utilized for this QIMS. Participants in all five studies included males and females incarcerated in England, Wales, and the United States. Three overarching themes were identified after analysis: difficulties with accessing services, difficulties with primary staff, and isolation. In each overarching theme, sub-themes are reviewed in detail. These three broad categories are discussed in relation to the person-in-environment system, demonstrating its application in an incarcerated setting.

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“…Potentially, contributors to behavioral choice derive in part from cultural factors 8 that might underlie differences between Black and other women. This has been most clearly studied for differences in body composition as White women are more likely to be motivated to engage in physical activity to achieve a thinner ideal than Black women.…”

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

Howard,

Bartholomew

2024

Preprint

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American Black women are less physically active than other American women. While several 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 an 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 the present. 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 a broader structure of an intersectionality framework. Reflecting this framework, three categories were identified: (1) general experience of physical activity for women, regardless of race, with themes of (a) motivation, (b) structured support, (c) overall health, (d) environment; (2) general experiences of physical activity for Black Americans, with a sub-theme of (a) low access; and (3) specific, intersectional experiences of physical activity for Black women, with sub-themes of (a) black hair, and (b) body ideal. Our synthesis of the existing qualitative research revealed that Black women experience PA related to being a woman, to being Black, and to the intersectional nature of being a Black woman. Interventions might target these intersectional themes to tailor interventions to support PA in Black women.

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Knowledge is (Not) Power: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for African-American Women

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

“They Eat What They Eat, I Eat What I Eat”: Examining the Perspectives and Experiences of African Americans Who Adopt Plant-Based Diets

“They Eat What They Eat, I Eat What I Eat”: Examining the Perspectives and Experiences of African Americans Who Adopt Plant-Based Diets

Environmental influences on services for and mental health of incarcerated populations: A review

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

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