Physical Activity Message Framing and Ethnicity Before and During COVID-19

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Francis, Jacqueline and West, Keon. 2023. Physical Activity Message Framing and Ethnicity Before and During COVID-19. Health Communication, 38(11), pp. 2419-2429. ISSN 1041-0236 [Article]

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People of Black ethnicities are well known to be disproportionately burdened by coronavirus and have poorer health outcomes. Public health messages encouraged physical activity during the pandemic as it is evidenced to positively affect the immune system, however people of Black ethnicities are often reported as failing to achieve the recommended daily amount. Health message framing during COVID-19 specifically in relation to ethnicity and physical activity motivation has yet to be investigated. Two studies examined message frame effect on physical activity motivation prior to and at the onset of the pandemic and how this differed by ethnicity. Gain framed messages were found to positively affect physical activity motivation pre-COVID-19 and during the pandemic fear framed messages were found to positively affect physical activity motivation. Neither of these effects differed by ethnicity. Implications for future physical activity health message framing are discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2074344