Perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes associated with adults’ recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries
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10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.003
Resumen
This study examined the strength and shape of associations between perceived environmental
attributes and adults’ recreational walking, using data collected from 13,745 adult participants in
12 countries. Perceived residential density, land use mix, street connectivity, aesthetics, safety
from crime, and proximity to parks were linearly associated with recreational walking, while curvilinear asso ...
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This study examined the strength and shape of associations between perceived environmental
attributes and adults’ recreational walking, using data collected from 13,745 adult participants in
12 countries. Perceived residential density, land use mix, street connectivity, aesthetics, safety
from crime, and proximity to parks were linearly associated with recreational walking, while curvilinear associations were found for residential density, land use mix, and aesthetics. The
observed associations were consistent across countries, except for aesthetics. Using data collected
from environmentally diverse countries, this study confirmed findings from prior single-country
studies. Present findings suggest that similar environmental attributes are associated with
recreational walking internationally. [--]
Materias
Physical activity,
Exercise,
Leisure,
Built environment,
Urban design
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
Health & Place 28 (2014) 22–30
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
Australian data collection was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
Project Grant #213114. The contributions of Neville Owen were supported by NHMRC Program Grant #569940,
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship #1003960, and by the Victorian Government's Operational
Infrastructure Support Program. Data collection in Hong Kong was supported by the HK Research Grants Council
GRF grants (#HKU740907H and #747807H) and HKU URC Strategic Research Theme (Public Health). US data
collection and Coordinating Center processing was supported by the NIH grants R01 HL67350 (NHLBI) and R01 CA127296 (NCI). The Danish study was partly funded by the Municipality of Aarhus. Data collection in the Czech
Republic was supported by the grant MEYS (# MSM 6198959221). The study conducted in Colombia was funded
by Colciencias grant 519_2010, Fogarty and CeiBA. Data collection in New Zealand was supported by the Health
Research Council of New Zealand grant # 07/356. Data collection in Mexico was supported by the CDC
Foundation which received a training grant from The Coca-Cola Company. The UK study was funded by the
Medical Research Council under the National Preventive Research Initiative.