@article{1bc36807b6b247bc9e7ad977b7451e6b,
title = "The Longitudinal Relationship Between Social Support and Physical Activity in Hispanics",
abstract = "Purpose: Social support has been identified as a determinant of physical activity (PA), but research has been primarily cross-sectional, with mixed findings for different Hispanic subgroups and limited longitudinal research with Hispanics. The purpose of this study is to assess the longitudinal associations of social support with PA in Hispanics on the Texas-Mexico Border. Design and sample: We used 2 time points of data collected from Hispanic adults in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (N = 588). Measures: We collected social support for PA and self-reported leisure-time PA. Analysis: We used cross-lagged panel models to assess the association between friend support, family support, family punishment (criticizing or complaining) and PA over time. Results: Although social support overall was low for PA, fully adjusted cross-lagged panel models indicated that time 1 friend support was associated with time 2 PA (adjusted rate ratio = 1.02, 95% confidence interval = 1.00 -1.04), though family support was not associated with time 2 PA. In males, time 1 friend support was inversely associated with time 2 family punishment. Conclusion: As expected, the directionality of the relation appears to be from social support to PA. Friend support appears to be predictive of PA in Hispanics, whereas family support is not. This should be considered in intervention development, particularly because familismo (commitment and mutual obligation to family) is considered to be a strong value in these communities.",
keywords = "fitness, health disparities, interventions, low education, opportunity, opportunity, physical activity, racial minority groups, social support, specific populations, specific populations, strategies, strategies, supportive environments, underserved populations, underserved populations",
author = "Heredia, {Natalia I.} and Walker, {Timothy J.} and Lee, {Min Jae} and Reininger, {Belinda M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the UTHealth School of Public Health Cancer Education and Career Development Program through a National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant (R25CA57712), by the EXPORT Grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20 MD000170), by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000371), by The University of Texas MD Anderson{\textquoteright}s Cancer Center Support Grant from NIH/NCI (CA016672), by a research career development award (K12HD052023: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women{\textquoteright}s Health Program-BIRCWH; Berenson, PI) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH, by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (RP170259) and by the Duncan Family Institute through the Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research. Funding Information: The authors of this manuscript would like to acknowledge the participants who so willingly participated in this study, our community partners, and Community Action Board members who are dedicated to eliminating health disparities. We would also like to acknowledge our Tu Salud ¡Si Cuenta! professional study team led by Lisa Mitchell-Bennett. We thank the cohort team, led by Drs Susan Fisher-Hoch and Joseph McCormick and Ms Rocio Uribe and her team, who recruited and documented the participants. We also thank Christina Villarreal for administrative support. Finally, we thank Valley Baptist Medical Center, Brownsville, Texas for providing us space for our Center for Clinical and Translational Science Clinical Research Unit. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the UTHealth School of Public Health Cancer Education and Career Development Program through a National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant (R25CA57712), by the EXPORT Grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20 MD000170), by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000371), by The University of Texas MD Anderson{\textquoteright}s Cancer Center Support Grant from NIH/NCI (CA016672), by a research career development award (K12HD052023: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women{\textquoteright}s Health Program-BIRCWH; Berenson, PI) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH, by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (RP170259) and by the Duncan Family Institute through the Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0890117119828919",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
pages = "921--924",
journal = "American Journal of Health Promotion",
issn = "0890-1171",
publisher = "American Journal of Health Promotion",
number = "6",
}