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"More than just another physical activity program": exploring the GUM program for at-risk adolescent girls.
- Source :
- Health Promotion International; Feb2022, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Physical activity (PA) levels among adolescent girls continue to steadily decline, especially for those classified as 'at-risk'. To mitigate these trends, Girls United and on the Move (GUM) was created as a dual-component PA and psychosocial program. The primary purpose of this study was to explore participant experiences within GUM, with a secondary purpose of qualitatively informing future PA programs for 'at-risk' adolescent girls. Semi-structured interviews (N = 30) were conducted with a purposeful sample of girls from the GUM program. An inductive thematic analysis was utilized to analyze verbatim transcripts. Two themes were generated from the data: 1) Girls uplifting girls, outlining the importance of a girls-only environment and introducing opportunities for alternative PAs, and 2) finding balance between the physical and psychological, detailing the importance of the dual-component program. These findings provide support for the acceptability of an integrated psychosocial and PA program for at-risk adolescent girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL participation
WELL-being
EVALUATION of human services programs
ROLE models
RESEARCH methodology
INTERVIEWING
PHYSICAL activity
RISK assessment
QUALITATIVE research
SELF-efficacy
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INCOME
PSYCHOLOGY of women
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
JUDGMENT sampling
THEMATIC analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09574824
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Promotion International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155523473
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab035