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Direct linkMoore, Justin B.; Jilcott, Stephanie B.; Shores, Kindal A.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Brownson, Ross C.; Novick, Lloyd F. – Health Education Research, 2010
Many adolescents, both rural and urban, are not meeting the recommended levels for physical activity (PA). This investigation was designed to elicit socioecologic barriers and facilitators for PA in rural and urban middle school youth and their parents. Thirteen focus groups were conducted with 41 youth and 50 parents from eastern North Carolina.…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Physical Activities, Crime, Focus Groups
Paxton, Raheem J.; Estabrooks, Paul A.; Dzewaltowski, David – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2004
Although scientists and policy makers have established the importance of physical activity for health and well being across the life span (e.g., Baranowski et al. 2000, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2000), youth are not meeting public health physical activity standards (USDHHS, 1997, 2000). And, while physical inactivity…
Descriptors: Well Being, Rural Areas, Attitude Measures, Rural Youth
Newman, Ian M.; Shell, Duane F. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objective: To examine the role of expectancies in adolescent smokeless tobacco (ST) use. Methods: Self-report measures of students' ST expectancies, cigarette and ST use, and peer and family tobacco use were collected from a sample of 978 rural high school students. Results: Student expectancy beliefs significantly predicted ST use and intention…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adolescents, Rural Youth, Health Behavior
