Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
Volume 72, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 317-327

Effects of culturally adaptive walking intervention on cardiovascular disease risks for middle-aged Korean-Chinese female migrant workers (Article)

Lee H. , Cho S.* , Wilbur J. , Kim J. , Park C.-G. , Lee Y.-M.
  • a Department of Nursing Environments and Systems, Yonsei University College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea; Korea Support Center for Foreign Workers, Seoul, South Korea
  • b Yonsei University College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
  • c College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • d Yonsei University College of Nursing, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
  • e College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, United States
  • f Department of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a standard treatment (ST) walking program compared to an ST walking program enhanced (enhanced treatment, ET) on cardiovascular health outcomes among Korean-Chinese female migrant workers in Korea. A quasi-experimental sequential design was used. A total of 132 Korean-Chinese women without contraindications to physical activity participated in the study. Both ST and ET groups had monthly goal settings; the ET group received text messages to encourage walking adherence and acculturation. A significant decrease was found in 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), blood pressure, fasting glucose, body mass index, and waist-hip ratio at weeks 12 and 24 in both groups, but there were no significant group differences. This indicates that culturally adaptive walking intervention is a promising way to reduce CVD risk factors for underserved Korean-Chinese migrant women. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Migrant workers Acculturative stress physical activity

Index Keywords

physical activity China South Korea Chinese Republic of Korea cardiovascular risk Korean (people) blood pressure Cardiovascular Diseases follow up human waist hip ratio middle aged statistics and numerical data controlled study priority journal Aged ethnology lipid blood level migrant worker Humans cardiovascular disease female risk factor Risk Factors cultural factor cholesterol Article walking adult migration triacylglycerol glucose Transients and Migrants body mass environmental health text messaging
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013952058&doi=10.1080%2f19338244.2017.1282847&partnerID=40&md5=e38a4391de7a2e30aa578d044a7ebbd1
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1282847
ISSN: 19338244
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English