Falls are a frequent and costly cause of injuries and functional decline in the\nelderly. Tai Chi is a cost-effective strategy for preventing falls in older adults.\nMany senior centers have introduced Tai Chi programs to increase mobility\nand decrease the risk of falls. However, the practice has yet to be widely disseminated\nto ethnic minorities who are not culturally connected to Tai Chi.\nThis paper describes implementation barriers and recruitment and retention\nchallenges of Arab American participants in a Tai Chi intervention-based\nhealth promotion program, including issues related to community organization\nand staffing, recruitment and retention, need for building relationships,\nneed for translation and interpreters, and cultural barriers & misconceptions.\nUnderstanding and paying adequate attention to these challenges may help\nfacilitate in planning other health promotion interventions targeting Arab\nAmerican population.
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