Trial reportJournal of women's health (2002)2009
Neighborhood characteristics, adherence to walking, and depressive symptoms in midlife African American women.
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- Exercise for depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Depression: Which Biopsychosocial Factors Should Social Workers Focus On? Results from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL).Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- Neighborhood environment perceptions associate with depression levels and cardiovascular risk among middle-aged and older adults: Data from the Washington, DC cardiovascular health and needs assessment.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Overcoming Disparities in Cancer: A Need for Meaningful Reform for Hispanic and Latino Cancer Survivors.The oncologist · 2021Review
- Relative importance of perceived physical and social neighborhood characteristics for depression: a machine learning approach.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- Effect of a Pedometer-Based, 24-Week Walking Intervention on Depression and Acculturative Stress among Migrant Women Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Physical activity interventions in African American women: A systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2017Review
- Gardening/Yard Work and Depressive Symptoms in African Americans.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2016Article
- Association between physical activity and depressive symptoms: midlife women in SWAN.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2015Observational
- Assessing environmental features related to mental health: a reliability study of visual streetscape images.BMC public health · 2014Article
- The built environment and depressive symptoms among urban youth: A spatial regression study.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2013Article
- Physical activity in depressed elderly. A systematic review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2013Article
- Attitudes and beliefs associated with leisure-time physical activity among African American adults.Ethnicity & disease · 2011Article
- Physical Activity Effects on Depressive Symptoms in Black Adults.Journal of health disparities research and practice · 2010Article
- Depressive Symptoms and Walking in African-Americans.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundAfrican American women have more symptoms of depressed mood than white women. Adverse neighborhood conditions may contribute to these symptoms. Although reductions in depressive symptoms with physical activity have been demonstrated in white adults, little research has examined the mental health benefits of physical activity in African American women. Further, it is unknown whether physical activity can offset the effects of living in disadvantaged neighborhoods on depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among neighborhood characteristics, adherence to a physical activity intervention, and change over time in depressive symptoms in midlife African American women.
methodsTwo hundred seventy-eight women participated in a home-based, 24-week moderate-intensity walking intervention. Either a minimal treatment (MT) or enhanced treatment (ET) version of the intervention was randomly assigned to one of the two community health centers. Walking adherence was measured as the percentage of prescribed walks completed. Objective and perceived measures of neighborhood deterioration and crime were included.
resultsAdjusting for demographics, body mass index (BMI), and depressive symptoms at baseline, walking adherence and objective neighborhood deterioration were associated with significantly lower depressive symptoms, whereas perceived neighborhood deterioration was associated with significantly higher depressive symptoms at 24 weeks.
conclusionsAdherence to walking as well as aspects of the environment may influence depressive symptoms in African American women. In addition to supporting active lifestyles, improving neighborhood conditions may also promote mental health among African American women.
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