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Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden
BACKGROUND: Public health practitioners have been striving to reduce the social gradient and promote physical activity among citizens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected these citizens extensively, has posed a significant challenge to eff...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9719947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36478727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.997329 |
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author | Ramji, Rathi Carlson, Elisabeth Kottorp, Anders Rämgård, Margareta |
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description | BACKGROUND: Public health practitioners have been striving to reduce the social gradient and promote physical activity among citizens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected these citizens extensively, has posed a significant challenge to efforts to maintain a physically active lifestyle. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of women from a socially disadvantaged neighborhood. METHODS: A total of 34 women participated in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention previously developed in collaboration with lay health promoters and other citizens from the same neighborhood. Focus group discussions were conducted at four time points, namely, at baseline prior to the intervention, post-intervention, 6 months after the intervention ended, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis following an inductive approach. RESULTS: In total, four themes emerged from the discussions: “Wavering between frustration and action,” “Shifting from prioritizing family needs to taking control of self,” “Between isolation and social support,” and “Restricted access to health-related knowledge vs. utilizing internalized knowledge”. CONCLUSION: The results of this study reveal that building on CBPR-informed health promotion initiatives has the potential to foster individual empowerment and assist during acute situations like the COVID-19 pandemic through mobilizing communities and their resources, which leads to increased community resilience and health. This study is regarded as unique in that it involves evaluation of a CBPR intervention that was initiated ahead of the pandemic and followed even during the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-97199472022-12-06 Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden Ramji, Rathi Carlson, Elisabeth Kottorp, Anders Rämgård, Margareta Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Public health practitioners have been striving to reduce the social gradient and promote physical activity among citizens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected these citizens extensively, has posed a significant challenge to efforts to maintain a physically active lifestyle. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of women from a socially disadvantaged neighborhood. METHODS: A total of 34 women participated in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention previously developed in collaboration with lay health promoters and other citizens from the same neighborhood. Focus group discussions were conducted at four time points, namely, at baseline prior to the intervention, post-intervention, 6 months after the intervention ended, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis following an inductive approach. RESULTS: In total, four themes emerged from the discussions: “Wavering between frustration and action,” “Shifting from prioritizing family needs to taking control of self,” “Between isolation and social support,” and “Restricted access to health-related knowledge vs. utilizing internalized knowledge”. CONCLUSION: The results of this study reveal that building on CBPR-informed health promotion initiatives has the potential to foster individual empowerment and assist during acute situations like the COVID-19 pandemic through mobilizing communities and their resources, which leads to increased community resilience and health. This study is regarded as unique in that it involves evaluation of a CBPR intervention that was initiated ahead of the pandemic and followed even during the pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9719947/ /pubmed/36478727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.997329 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ramji, Carlson, Kottorp and Rämgård. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Ramji, Rathi Carlson, Elisabeth Kottorp, Anders Rämgård, Margareta Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title | Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title_full | Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title_fullStr | Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title_short | Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden |
title_sort | impact of a cbpr-informed physical activity intervention before and during covid-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in sweden |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9719947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36478727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.997329 |
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