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.