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Physical Activity Amongst Ethnic Minority Elders: The Experience of Great Britain

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Physical activity has been proposed as one of the key factors in promoting and enhancing quality of life for older people. Overall levels of physical activity among older adults are low which disguises variations within and between groups. One group with below average levels of physical activity is older adults from minority ethnic groups. Using the example of Britain, this chapter examines some of the factors underpinning these low levels of activity. Cultural and religious factors may act as barriers to physical activity for some groups. However, we should be aware of the need to consider other structural factors such as socio-economic status and other dimensions of disadvantage when reporting and developing interventions to promote physical activity for older adults from minority groups.

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  1. College of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK

    Christina Victor

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  1. Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

    Samuel R. Nyman

  2. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Anna Barker

  3. Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia

    Terry Haines

  4. School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Khim Horton

  5. Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

    Charles Musselwhite

  6. Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Geeske Peeters

  7. College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

    Christina R. Victor

  8. Institute of Psychogerontology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

    Julia Katharina Wolff

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Victor, C. (2018). Physical Activity Amongst Ethnic Minority Elders: The Experience of Great Britain. In: Nyman, S., et al. The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71291-8_29

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