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Recognition of Barriers to Physical Activity Promotion in Immigrant Children in Spain: A Qualitative Case Study

Physical activity facilitates the acquisition of healthy habits from childhood to adulthood. Differences exist regarding the performance of physical activity among immigrant children compared to native Spanish children. The purpose of the study was to describe the barriers that exist for the promoti...

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Autores principales: Marconnot, Romain, Marín-Rojas, Antonio Luís, Delfa-de-la-Morena, Jose Manuel, Pérez-Corrales, Jorge, Gueita-Rodríguez, Javier, Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar, Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717329
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030431
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author Marconnot, Romain
Marín-Rojas, Antonio Luís
Delfa-de-la-Morena, Jose Manuel
Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
Gueita-Rodríguez, Javier
Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
author_facet Marconnot, Romain
Marín-Rojas, Antonio Luís
Delfa-de-la-Morena, Jose Manuel
Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
Gueita-Rodríguez, Javier
Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
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description Physical activity facilitates the acquisition of healthy habits from childhood to adulthood. Differences exist regarding the performance of physical activity among immigrant children compared to native Spanish children. The purpose of the study was to describe the barriers that exist for the promotion of physical activity. A qualitative case-study approach was implemented. Parents of immigrant children, teachers, a school principal, and priests were included, using purposeful sampling. Data were collected from 25 participants, via unstructured and semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and researchers’ field notes. A thematic analysis was performed and ecological levels were identified. Our findings revealed the following barriers to performing physical activity: (a) the meaning of physical activity, (b) gender inequalities, (c) academic burden, (d) lack of social contact, (e) expenses and family economy, (f) lack of infrastructure and natural surroundings, (g) time constraints, (h) fear and insecurity, and (i) the reason for immigrating. These results may be used to revise the school curriculum, promoting equal opportunities for physical activity and encouraging family participation. Additionally, urban design policies should be encouraged to facilitate access to open spaces for recreation within cities.
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spelling pubmed-63881432019-02-27 Recognition of Barriers to Physical Activity Promotion in Immigrant Children in Spain: A Qualitative Case Study Marconnot, Romain Marín-Rojas, Antonio Luís Delfa-de-la-Morena, Jose Manuel Pérez-Corrales, Jorge Gueita-Rodríguez, Javier Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar Palacios-Ceña, Domingo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Physical activity facilitates the acquisition of healthy habits from childhood to adulthood. Differences exist regarding the performance of physical activity among immigrant children compared to native Spanish children. The purpose of the study was to describe the barriers that exist for the promotion of physical activity. A qualitative case-study approach was implemented. Parents of immigrant children, teachers, a school principal, and priests were included, using purposeful sampling. Data were collected from 25 participants, via unstructured and semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and researchers’ field notes. A thematic analysis was performed and ecological levels were identified. Our findings revealed the following barriers to performing physical activity: (a) the meaning of physical activity, (b) gender inequalities, (c) academic burden, (d) lack of social contact, (e) expenses and family economy, (f) lack of infrastructure and natural surroundings, (g) time constraints, (h) fear and insecurity, and (i) the reason for immigrating. These results may be used to revise the school curriculum, promoting equal opportunities for physical activity and encouraging family participation. Additionally, urban design policies should be encouraged to facilitate access to open spaces for recreation within cities. MDPI 2019-02-02 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6388143/ /pubmed/30717329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030431 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Cesar
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388143/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030431
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