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Contribution of streetscape audits to explanation of physical activity in four age groups based on the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS)
Cain, Kelli L.; Millstein, Rachel A.; Sallis, James F.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 82-92
Baltimore metropolitan areas, USA, were selected that varied on macro-level walkability and neighborhood income. Participants (n … features that may affect pedestrian experience have received less research attention than macroscale walkability (e … linear regression analyses were adjusted for macro-level walkability. Across all age groups 51.2%, 22.1%, and 15.7% of all …
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Association between neighborhood walkability, cardiorespiratory fitness and body-mass index
Hoehner, Christine M.; Handy, Susan L.; Yan, Yan; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 12, pp. 1707-1716
importance of built environment influences on health. We examined the association between neighborhood walkability and CRF and … total duration on a maximal exercise treadmill test and measured BMI. Three neighborhood walkability factors emerged from … neighborhood walkability factors were significantly associated with CRF and BMI among men and women in the expected direction. An …
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Influence of built environment and transportation access on body mass index of older adults: Survey results from Erie County, New York
Hess, Daniel Baldwin; Russell, Jessica Kozlowski - In: Transport Policy 20 (2012) C, pp. 128-137
Recent empirical research about the influence of built environments on individual health behaviors and health conditions focuses on people of all ages or youth subgroups (such as children and adolescents) but infrequently on older adults. To address the gap, the impact of built environment...
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Neighborhood context and racial/ethnic differences in young children's obesity: Structural barriers to interventions
Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert; Denney, Justin T. - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 97-105
neighborhoods contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in young children's obesity. Utilizing restricted geo-coded data from the … in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of foreign-born residents is associated with reduced child obesity risk …Numerous studies in the last ten years have investigated racial/ethnic disparities in obesity for young children …
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Household and neighborhood conditions partially account for associations between education and physical capacity in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Samuel, Laura J.; Glass, Thomas A.; Thorpe, Roland J.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 128 (2015) C, pp. 67-75
Socioeconomic resources, such as education, prevent disability but are not readily modifiable. We tested the hypothesis that household and neighborhood conditions, which may be modifiable, partially account for associations between education and physical capacity in a population-based sample of...
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Neighborhood context and immigrant children's physical activity
Brewer, Mackenzie; Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 1-9
Physical activity is an important determinant of obesity and overall health for children, but significant race …-Kindergarten (ECLS-K) data (N = 17,510) from 1998 to 1999 linked with U.S. Census 2000 data for the children's neighborhoods, we utilize …
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Walkability als ein Baustein gesundheitsförderlicher Stadtentwicklung und -gestaltung
Tran, Minh-Chau - In: Planung für gesundheitsfördernde Städte, (pp. 284-296). 2018
zugleich gesund. Das Konzept der Walkability zielt aus Planungssicht daher auf eine bewegungsanimierende gebaute Umwelt …. Zunehmend wird erkannt, dass Walkability in den letzten Jahren ein wichtiges Thema im Bereich Planung, Städtebau und Gesundheit … gefordert, welche städtebaulichen Merkmale zu erfassen oder anzuwenden sind, um die Walkability zu bewerten oder …
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Effects of built environment on walking at the neighbourhood scale. A new role for street networks by modelling their configurational accessibility?
Lamíquiz, Patxi J.; López-Domínguez, Jorge - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 74 (2015) C, pp. 148-163
discussion links with the current debate about walkability indexes and the need of empirical support for the chosen variables and …
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Walkability als ein Baustein gesundheitsförderlicher Stadtentwicklung und -gestaltung
Tran, Minh-Chau - In: Planung für gesundheitsfördernde Städte, (pp. 284-296). 2018
zugleich gesund. Das Konzept der Walkability zielt aus Planungssicht daher auf eine bewegungsanimierende gebaute Umwelt …. Zunehmend wird erkannt, dass Walkability in den letzten Jahren ein wichtiges Thema im Bereich Planung, Städtebau und Gesundheit … gefordert, welche städtebaulichen Merkmale zu erfassen oder anzuwenden sind, um die Walkability zu bewerten oder …
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A five-year follow-up among older people after an outdoor environment intervention
Ståhl, Agneta; Horstmann, Vibeke; Iwarsson, Susanne - In: Transport Policy 27 (2013) C, pp. 134-141
This study investigates older inhabitants’ appreciation of environmental measures taken in their residential area and the effect on perceived difficulty as pedestrians and in outdoor activity. The study is based on data collected with a mailed questionnaire at baseline and at a 5-year...
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