Group Dance and Motivational Coaching for Walking: A Physical Activity Program for South Asian Indian Immigrant Women Residing in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-271
Author(s):  
Manju Daniel ◽  
David Marquez ◽  
Diana Ingram ◽  
Louis Fogg
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
United States ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Asian Indian ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian Immigrant ◽  
Indian Immigrant Women ◽  
South Asian Indian

Background: South Asian Indian immigrants residing in the United States are at high risk of cardiovascular disease (prevalence ≥35%), diabetes (prevalence 45.4%), and stroke (prevalence 26.5%). This study examined the effect of culturally relevant physical activity interventions on the improvement of physiological measures and average daily steps in at-risk midlife South Asian Indian immigrant women. Methods: In this 2-arm interventional research design, the dance (n = 25) and the motivational phone calls group (n = 25), attended social cognitive theory–based motivational workshops every 2 weeks for the first 12 weeks. Data for weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol level, and 12-lead electrocardiogram were collected at the baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks. Results: Significant differences were seen in body weight (F2,94 = 4.826, P = .024; ), waist circumference (F2,92 = 7.496, P = .001; ), systolic blood pressure (F2,94 = 19.865, P = .000; ), triglyceride (F2,94 = 11.111, P = .000; ), cholesterol (F2,94 = 8.925, P = .001; ), blood sugar level (F2,94 = 8.851, P = .000; ), and average daily steps across both intervention groups over time (F2,96 = 30.94, P = .000; ). Conclusion: Culturally relevant motivational workshops with Indian dance and walking are an innovative approach to increasing lifestyle physical activity among South Asian Indian immigrant women.

Barriers and Motives to PA in South Asian Indian Immigrant Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1339-1356
Author(s):  
Manju Daniel ◽  
Maryann Abendroth ◽  
Judith A. Erlen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Asian Indian ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Core Theme ◽  
Role Expectation ◽  
Indian Immigrant ◽  
Indian Immigrant Women ◽  
South Asian Indian

The high prevalence of chronic illnesses in South Asian Indian immigrant women underscores the need for identifying factors that could influence their PA. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perspectives of South Asian Indian immigrant women related to barriers to and motives for lifestyle PA within the PA Framework for South Asian Indian Immigrants. Forty women participated in focus groups that were conducted in English and Hindi. Focus group questions were open-ended and semistructured. Transcribed and de-identified audiotaped sessions were coded and analyzed using Atlas.ti software. Role expectation was a core theme for barriers with four subthemes: lack of time, loss of interest, diminished social support, and environmental constraints. Self-motivation was a core theme for motives with three subthemes: optimal physical and psychological health, emphasis on external beauty, and strong social support. Future PA interventions need to target these culturally sensitive factors.

Out of Place in the Domestic Space

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhavi Mallapragada
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
Virtual Network ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Indian Immigrant ◽  
Indian Immigrant Women

This chapter examines the textual, discursive, and networking politics of Indian immigrant women residing in the United States on the H-4 temporary visa, through a close reading of the discussion forum by and about these women on the community website, indusladies.com. It argues that the politics of household and networking evidenced through the discussion cultures and online practices of forum participants exemplifies the repurposing of the virtual network to foreground a particular immigrant formation articulated along relations of gender and visa-defined immigrant class. H-4 women make visible their diverse and embodied experiences of feeling like outsiders in the immigrant space. They narrate their histories of migration from India and relocation in the United States, culminating in their becoming out of place in the nonresident Indian (NRI) household. In turn, their testimonials unsettle idealized discourses of gendered NRI belonging, which mostly by absence of representation assume that the H-4 wives of H-1B professionals are happily ensconced in domestic bliss as NRI householders.

scholarly journals Dietary Profiles of First-Generation South Asian Indian Adolescents in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Martyn-Nemeth ◽  
Laurie Quinn ◽  
Usha Menon ◽  
Shakuntala Shrestha ◽  
Chaula Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Asian Indian ◽  
South Asian ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian Adolescents ◽  
South Asian Indian

Nonprofit Organizations Serving Domestic Violence Survivors

Affilia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Kapur ◽  
Anna M. Zajicek ◽  
John Gaber
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Asian Indian ◽  
South Asian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Marriage Migrants ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors

Using interviews of 26 nonprofit domestic violence advocates, this article analyzes how South Asian–focused nonprofit organizations in the United States address the domestic violence–related intersectional needs of Asian Indian marriage migrants and the challenges they encounter in doing so. Our research indicates that these organizations offer services addressing a combination of structural and cultural needs that emerge from their clients’ social locations, but these organizations also encounter challenges in providing services targeting the specific subgroups of Asian Indian marriage migrants. To meet the intersectional needs of clients, there should be greater coalition-building within and between Asian Indian–focused and mainstream organizations.

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