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Responses to a Survey of Primary Care Provider Perceptions of Hair Care Maintenance as a Barrier to Increased Physical Activity in African American Women
Question and Response Category (Total N = 62) Response, N (%) Respondent level of training/profession PGY-1 7 (12) PGY-2 7 (12) PGY-3 5 (8) Attending/faculty 31 (52) NP 10 (17) Respondent ethnicity Caucasian 40 (65) Black/African American 10 (16) African 0 (0) Hispanic/Latino 0 (0) Other 9 (14) Prefer not to answer 3 (5) Percent of patients who are AA women 15% or less 17 (29) 16% to 30% 17 (29) Greater than 30% 24 (42) How often do you discuss strategies to increase physical activity/exercise with your AA female patients? Never 1 (2) Seldom 2 (3) Sometimes 19 (30) Often 40 (65) How often have you commented on hairstyling and hair maintenance in your discussion regarding increasing physical activity/exercise with AA women? Never 47 (76) Some of the time 12 (19) Most of the time 3 (5) All of the time 0 (0) Which of the following are moderate or major barriers between AA women and the pursuit to increase activity/exercise? Moderate/Major Barrier Mood/Mental health 49 (80) Location of gyms 48 (78) Education level 35 (57) Transportation 27 (45) Cost of hair maintenance 22 (38) Scalp perspiration 18 (30) Discussing hair maintenance strategies with AA women may help to increase their frequency of physical activity/exercise. Agree 19 (31) Somewhat agree 18 (29) Neutral 19 (31) Somewhat disagree 4 (6) Disagree 2 (3) I feel comfortable discussing haircare maintenance strategies with AA females. Agree 14 (23) Somewhat agree 7 (11) Neutral 4 (6) Somewhat disagree 12 (19) Disagree 24 (40) NP, Nurse Practitioner. PGY, postgraduate year; AA, African American.
