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Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world.

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Lee, RE; Joseph, RP; Blackman Carr, LT; Strayhorn, SM; Faro, JM; Lane, H; Monroe, C; Pekmezi, D; Szeszulski, J
Published in: Transl Behav Med
June 17, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis and parallel Black Lives Matter movement have amplified longstanding systemic injustices among people of color (POC). POC have been differentially affected by COVID-19, reflecting the disproportionate burden of ongoing chronic health challenges associated with socioeconomic inequalities and unhealthy behaviors, including a lack of physical activity. Clear and well-established benefits link daily physical activity to health and well-being-physical, mental, and existential. Despite these benefits, POC face additional barriers to participation. Thus, increasing physical activity among POC requires additional considerations so that POC can receive the same opportunities to safely participate in physical activity as Americans who are White. Framed within the Ecologic Model of Physical Activity, this commentary briefly describes health disparities in COVID-19, physical activity, and chronic disease experienced by POC; outlines underlying putative mechanisms that connect these disparities; and offers potential solutions to reduce these disparities. As behavioral medicine leaders, we advocate that solutions must redirect the focus of behavioral research toward community-informed and systems solutions.

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Transl Behav Med

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1613-9860

Publication Date

June 17, 2021

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1205 / 1215

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • United States
  • Social Justice
  • Humans
  • Health Equity
  • Exercise
  • COVID-19
  • Black or African American
  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Lee, R. E., Joseph, R. P., Blackman Carr, L. T., Strayhorn, S. M., Faro, J. M., Lane, H., … Szeszulski, J. (2021). Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world. Transl Behav Med, 11(6), 1205–1215. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab026
Lee, Rebecca E., Rodney P. Joseph, Loneke T. Blackman Carr, Shaila Marie Strayhorn, Jamie M. Faro, Hannah Lane, Courtney Monroe, Dorothy Pekmezi, and Jacob Szeszulski. “Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world.Transl Behav Med 11, no. 6 (June 17, 2021): 1205–15. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab026.
Lee RE, Joseph RP, Blackman Carr LT, Strayhorn SM, Faro JM, Lane H, et al. Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jun 17;11(6):1205–15.
Lee, Rebecca E., et al. “Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world.Transl Behav Med, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1205–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/tbm/ibab026.
Lee RE, Joseph RP, Blackman Carr LT, Strayhorn SM, Faro JM, Lane H, Monroe C, Pekmezi D, Szeszulski J. Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jun 17;11(6):1205–1215.
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Published In

Transl Behav Med

DOI

EISSN

1613-9860

Publication Date

June 17, 2021

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1205 / 1215

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • United States
  • Social Justice
  • Humans
  • Health Equity
  • Exercise
  • COVID-19
  • Black or African American
  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences