OUR MISSION

To promote healthy living and improve the overall quality of life for African Americans and medically underserved people in the Tucson community.

We recognize that the progress of many diseases is not the result of one single factor, but a collection of lifestyle, genetics and environmental effects.

OUR GOALS

To provide health education to the African American Community and the medically underserved regarding common diseases, physical and emotional violence, substance abuse, and to improve access to primary health care and behavioral health supports.

STUDY NEEDS YOUR HELP!!

Ethnic Specific Midlife Women's Attitudes
Toward Physical Activity
Must be a midlife woman aged 40 to 60years old.

The purpose of this study is to explore attitudes of midlife women from four ethnic groups [Hispanic, Non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African Americans, and N-H Asians] toward physical activity while considering the relationships between their attitudes and their actual participation in physical activity within the ethnic-specific contexts of their daily lives. Data will be gathered via Internet survey and ethnic- specific online forums to allow for a national sample. more...

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