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- Hispanic girls face significant obesity challenges and lower activity levels compared to other adolescents, indicating a need for community-driven strategies to boost physical activity.
- Engaging girls, their parents, and community members in developing intervention plans can enhance participation and sustainability of physical activity initiatives.
- The article details a research project that utilized Participatory Photo Mapping to involve adolescent girls in reflecting on and addressing their physical activity issues.
Article Abstract
Hispanic girls are burdened with high levels of obesity and are less active than the general adolescent population, highlighting the need for creative strategies developed with community input to improve physical activity behaviors. Involving girls, parents, and the community in the intervention planning process may improve uptake and maintenance of physical activity. The purpose of this article was to describe how we engaged adolescent girls as partners in community-based intervention planning research. We begin with an overview of the research project and then describe how we used Participatory Photo Mapping to engage girls in critical reflection and problems solving.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244704 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000059 | DOI Listing |
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