ERIC Number: EJ889713
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 24
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Northern Plains American Indians: Prominence of Physical Activity as a Health Behavior
Poltavski, Dmitri; Holm, Jeffrey; Vogeltanz-Holm, Nancy; McDonald, Leander
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, v17 n1 p25-48 2010
Associations of behavioral health risks and healthy behaviors with self-reported health-related quality of life measures were investigated in a Northern Plains American Indian sample. Participants were surveyed in person using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. The results showed that regular physical activity was significantly associated with better self-reported overall health, fewer mentally unhealthy and activity limitation days in the past 30 days, and with a greater number of good health days. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Physical Activities, American Indians, Quality of Life, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons, Physical Activity Level, Surveys, Mental Health, Physical Health, Diseases, Rural Areas, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Marital Status, Family Income, Body Composition, Substance Abuse, Eating Habits
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs. University of Colorado Health Services Center, P.O. Box 6508, Mail Stop F800, Aurora, CO 80045-0508. Tel: 303-724-1414; Fax: 303-724-1474; Web site: http://aianp.uchsc.edu/ncaianmhr/journal_home.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
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