A Mosque-Based Physical Activity Intervention for South Asian Muslim Women - a Pilot Study.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: South Asian’s (SA) are one of the largest visible minority groups in Canada. SA Muslim women living in Canada have higher mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes compared to the general population. For those living with or at risk for CVD and diabetes, physical activity reduces mortality and symptoms, improves disease control and quality of life. However, low levels of physical activity have been reported in people of SA origin, particularly in SA Muslim women. Practical barriers (e.g. lack of time, childcare) are often interwoven with cultural barriers (e.g. religious modesty, avoidance of mixed-sex activity) and inhibit participation. Health promotion programs in religious institutions have shown clinical and psychosocial benefit to women of various ethnic groups. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of a mosque-based physical activity program for SA Muslim women in Ontario, Canada. METHODS: SA Muslim women participated in a 24-week physical activity intervention in a mosque setting. Demographic information, attendance, participant experience, and self-efficacy related to exercise were collected. The Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) were administered pre and post intervention. RESULTS: Sixty-two women participated from June to December 2014. Data was obtained from 28 participants who consented to participate (mean age 51.0 years (SD 12.0). On average, 13 women attended each session (range: 3-28) over the 67-session period. Each participant attended an average of 22 exercise sessions (range: 1-51). Fewer participants were classified “inactive” on the IPAQ at the end of the intervention (42% pre vs. 10% post; p=0.006). Pre-post DASI scores did not significantly change. Participants were highly satisfied with their exercise experience. The women stated they felt healthier and were able to participate in more activities, including prayer. CONCLUSIONS: Mosque-based physical activity programs may reduce CVD, diabetes and associated disease risk in SA Muslim women. Culturally relevant structured networks, such as places of worship, are important assets when designing lifestyle interventions for SA Muslim women.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.010 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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