Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Exercise Intensity, Cervical Cancer, Rheumatic Fever

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Bert Carron

Document Summary

Exercise adherence sticking to or faithfully conforming to a standard of behaviour in order to meet some goal. Majority of population is not active at levels sufficient to result in health benefits or disease prevention (30min/day, 5days/week, 75% hr) Pa interventions best when tailored to individual preferences. Middle aged and older adults prefer exercising alone. Primary purpose: determine pa contexts rated most and least preferable for aerobic activity and strength training. Secondary purpose: determine whether gender program withdraw within the first 6 months influences preferences. Cognitive/personality (self-efficacy, self- motivation, beliefs, expectations: social factors (support from ) Method: 601 kin undergrads (198 males mean age 19. 74, 403 females mean age 19. 36); demographic info collected; participants asked to identify most and least preferred contexts for aerobics and strength training. Possible contexts: structured class setting, with others outside a structured class setting, alone in an exercise setting, completely alone. Females most preferred 2, but more spread out.