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ERIC Number: EJ507619
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1055-6699
School-Based Exercise to Lower Blood Pressure in High-Risk African American Girls: Project Design and Baseline Findings.
Ewart, Craig K.; And Others
Journal of Health Education, v26 n2 pS99-105 Mar-Apr 1995
Describes effective methods for identifying and recruiting high risk African American ninth-grade girls to measure their fitness and assess the impact of fitness training on blood pressure. A multistage step test for fitness assessment in such girls is presented. The "Project Heart" aerobics class and control groups are described. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aerobics, Black Students, Cardiovascular System, Exercise, Females, Grade 9, Health Related Fitness, Hypertension, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Life Style
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: African Americans; Blood Pressure
Note: Theme issue title: "Cardiopulmonary Behavioral Research: Focus on Youth, Gender, Ethnicity."