We explored the attitudes of women at midlife to web-based interventions for promoting physical activity. 145 women volunteered to participate in one of four online forums. The forums were for four major racial/ethnic groups. 90 volunteers were recruited for the online forums (29 Whites, 23 Hispanics, 21 African Americans, and 17 Asians). Two sets of topics on attitudes to physical activity and racial/ethnic contexts were used. Each topic had some introductory questions and related prompts, and these were posted on the online forum sites in a serial fashion during the six-month period. We used a thematic analysis. Four major themes emerged: (1) 'a matter of the source of the information'; (2) 'I can pace myself'; (3) 'lack of interpersonal interactions'; and (4) 'culture-specificity and low cost.' The women in all ethnic groups thought that the source of the information was much more important than the medium of the information (e.g. web-based, booklet or face-to-face). They liked the self-controllability in web-based interventions. They preferred web-based interventions to other types of interventions because of easy accessibility, but they were concerned about lack of interpersonal interaction. None of the White or African American women indicated the need for culture-specificity in web-based interventions, but Hispanic and Asian women indicated that culture-specific interventions should be provided. Web-based interventions appear to have several advantages over conventional approaches to promoting physical activity.

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我们探讨了中年妇女对基于网络的干预措施以促进体育锻炼的态度。145妇女自愿参加四个在线论坛之一。论坛面向四个主要种族/族裔群体。在线论坛招募了90名志愿者 (29名白人,23名西班牙裔,21名非裔美国人和17名亚洲人)。使用了两套关于体育活动态度和种族/族裔背景的主题。每个主题都有一些介绍性问题和相关提示,这些问题在六个月内以连续方式发布在在线论坛网站上。我们使用了主题分析。出现了四个主要主题 :( 1) “信息来源问题”; (2) “我可以调整自己”; (3) “缺乏人际互动”; (4) “文化特殊性和低成本”。所有种族的妇女都认为信息的来源比信息的媒介 (例如基于网络的,小册子或面对面的) 重要得多。他们喜欢基于网络的干预中的自我控制性。由于易于访问,他们更喜欢基于网络的干预措施,而不是其他类型的干预措施,但他们担心缺乏人际互动。在基于网络的干预措施中,没有白人或非洲裔美国妇女表示需要文化特异性,但是西班牙裔和亚裔妇女表示应提供针对文化的干预措施。与传统的促进体育锻炼的方法相比,基于网络的干预似乎具有几个优势。

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