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Sedentary behavior is a major public health problem for African American women. A qualitative study used focus groups to explore African American women's experiences with physical activity in their daily lives. Women aged 35–50 were recruited to participate in the focus groups. Transcripts from the focus groups were coded and analyzed. African American women's facilitators of physical activity were daily routine, practical and convenient activities, personal safety, child care, weight loss, stress reduction, knowledge and commitment, enjoyment, pets, family and peer support, home and work facilities, and daylight and climate conditions. Barriers to physical activity were lack of child care, no person to exercise with, competing responsibilities, lack of space in the home, inability to use exercise facilities at work, lack of motivation, fatigue, and unsafe neighborhood. This information will provide the basis for generating new strategies to increase physical activity for African American women in the community.Keywords:
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Objective To investigate the effects of touching bathing for cesarean delivered newborns. Methods 404 cesarean delivered newborns were divided into two groups. Newborns in Group 1 were bathed with routine method. Newborns in Group 2 were bathed with touching method, namely, touching was given to the newborns before bathing and during bathing. The differenees of the appearing rates of crying and cuddling reflex before and during bathing were compared between the two group. Results The appearing rates of crying and cuddling reflex before bathing in Group 2 were significantly lower than Group 1 from the third day to the fifth day after birth ( P < 0. 05 ). The appearing rates of crying and cuddling reflex during bathing in Group 2 weresignificantly lower than Group 1 from the second day to the fifth day after birth (P<0.01). Conclusions Compared with the routine bathing method, the touching bathing method was more easily to be endured by newborns.
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