Table 3.

Summary of Results, Discussion Among Phase 2 Focus Group Participants (n = 53) on Potential Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Low-Income African Americans in the Mississippi Delta, 2005

Topic	Sample Comment
Women
Comprehensive approaches better than isolated strategies	Should cover both nutrition and physical activity, and provide specific information [e.g., recipes, exercises]. People are tired of isolated efforts. Ineffective as a "stand alone."
Strategies for the whole community	These activities must be guided and supervised, with built-in social support from the community.
Personalized programs for individual needs (considering age, sex, and health problems) but implemented in groups, including families	It would be good to have a personal trainer for the family and have some family physical activity program.
Programs implemented at church settings	Churches would be a good venue — messages from the pulpit, group walks, competitions across churches.
Men
Group activities involving family members	Make it a group activity; include children and whole families.
No need for personalized programs	People may be resistant to constructive criticism from a personal trainer. [Trainers of the opposite sex] may lead to jealousy.
Income as a major barrier to physical activity	Cost is an issue.