Rural Black women's thoughts about exercise.

This ethnographic study explored 20 southern rural Black women's thoughts about and practices of exercise. Qualitative analysis revealed four factors: (a) exercise and the heart, (b) barriers to exercise, (c) reasons to exercise, and (d) taking action. Findings may assist clinicians and researchers to develop prevention interventions for this population.

Because we don't take better care of ourselves: rural Black women's explanatory models of heart disease.

Introduction: Among women aged 45-54, Black women are 2.5 to 3 times more likely than White women to die from coronary heart disease (CHD) and less likely to exercise. This study explored Black women's beliefs about the causes and risks of heart disease.

Women's prehospital delay associated with myocardial infarction: does race really matter?

Unlabelled: BACKGROUND/RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Well-documented disparities in cardiovascular health account for approximately one third of the difference in life expectancy between blacks and whites. Mortality from cardiovascular disease is greater among black women than among white women, and black women report longer delays in treatment seeking following onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Despite this disparate burden, there is little race-specific data on correlates of delay for black or white women.