ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2011
Do enhancements to the urban built environment improve physical activity levels among socially disadvantaged populations?
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Built environment interventions and physical activity levels: A systematic review.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2022Pooled it
- Associations between the built environment and physical activity among adults with low socio-economic status in Canada: a systematic review.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Pooled it
- Community-Engaged Approach for Health Equity: Enhancing an Active Environment in Michigan.Health equity · 2024Article
- Green Streets, Healthy Hearts: Exploring the Roles of Urban Nature and Walkability in Cardiovascular Health.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2024Review
- If You Build It Will They Come? Park Upgrades, Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Urban Cape Town, South Africa-The SUN Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Associations between spatial access to physical activity facilities and frequency of physical activity; how do home and workplace neighbourhoods in West Central Scotland compare?International journal of health geographics · 2019Article
- Chemical and non-chemical stressors affecting childhood obesity: a systematic scoping review.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Inactivity during Leisure-Time and Commuting among Beneficiaries of Government Welfare Assistance in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Exploring racial disparity in obesity: A mediation analysis considering geo-coded environmental factors.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2017Article
- Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN adult study.Health & place · 2015Article
- Perceived and Objective Measures of Neighborhood Walkability and Physical Activity among Adults in Japan: A Multilevel Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Does social support mediate the relationship among neighborhood disadvantage, incivilities, crime and physical activity?Preventive medicine · 2015Article
- Building a reliable measure for unobtrusive observations of street-connecting pedestrian walkways.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Article
- A natural experiment to examine the impact of park renewal on park-use and park-based physical activity in a disadvantaged neighbourhood: the REVAMP study methods.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Does walking explain associations between access to greenspace and lower mortality?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2014Article
- Physical activity is medicine for older adults.Postgraduate medical journal · 2014Review
- Situational Analysis: Community Care for Survivors of Stroke and Suggestions for Improving the Provision of Care.Pacific Rim international journal of nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing recognition that the urban built environment influences physical activity at the population level, although the effects on disadvantaged groups are less well understood. Using the examples of open/green space and street connectivity, this paper explores whether enhancements to the built environment have potential for addressing physical activity-related health inequalities among Māori, Pacific and low income communities in New Zealand.
methodA high-level review of the international literature relating open space and street connectivity to physical activity and/or related health outcomes at a population level was completed. Consideration was given to whether these features of the built environment have a disproportionate effect on disadvantaged populations.
resultsFindings from international studies suggest that open space and street connectivity have a beneficial effect on physical activity. Enhancing the built environment may be particularly advantageous for improving physical activity levels among disadvantaged populations.
conclusionIt is likely that open space and street connectivity have a positive effect on physical activity behaviour; however due to the cross-sectional nature of existing research and the paucity of research among disadvantaged populations definitive conclusions about the effect in these populations cannot be made. Further research is required (e.g. natural experiments or quasi experimental research designs) to determine the effect of changing the environment on physical activity and obesity.
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