ArticlePreventive medicine2014
Assessing environmental support for better health: active living opportunity audits in rural communities in the southern United States.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity among Mostly Older, Overweight Black Women Living in the Rural Alabama Black Belt.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Assessing the built environment, programs, and policies that support physical activity opportunities in the rural Deep South.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Relationship Between Race and Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnancy and Early Life in the South Birth-Cohort Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- A novel method to map community- and neighborhood-level access to rural physical activity built environments in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Multilevel correlates of domain-specific physical activity among rural adults - a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Inequities in Physical Activity Environments and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Rural Communities.Preventing chronic disease · 2022Article
- Barriers to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in the Mississippi Delta.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2022Article
- Quantifying the Food and Physical Activity Environments in Rural, High Obesity Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Diverse school community engagement with the North Carolina active routes to school project: a diffusion study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Assessment of Town and Park Characteristics Related to Physical Activity in the Lower Mississippi Delta.Preventing chronic disease · 2019Observational
- Assessment of neighborhood street characteristics related to physical activity in the Lower Mississippi Delta.Health promotion perspectives · 2019Article
- Best Practices and Innovative Solutions to Overcome Barriers to Delivering Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes in Rural Communities.Nutrients · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveLeisure-time physical activity in the United States is lower rural areas and the South and has been linked to socioeconomic and environmental aspects of where people live. The purpose of this study is to assess the built environment and policies for physical activity in rural communities.
methodsEight rural communities in Alabama and Mississippi were assessed in 2011 using the Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) street segment (SSA), town-wide (TWA), and town program and policies (PPA) assessment tools. Community Health Advisors Trained as Research Partners (CHARPS) and local staff conducted the assessments. The TWA and PPA were scored by domain and total scores. Data were analyzed using descriptive and nonparametric statistics.
results117 segments were assessed in 22 towns in 8 counties. Built environmental barriers existed in all communities. Sidewalks were available in only 10-40% of the segments. TWA identified parks and playgrounds as the most available community feature. PPA scores indicated few policies for physical activity outside of school settings with mean scores higher in Mississippi compared to Alabama (61 vs. 49, respectively).
conclusionsMultiple components of rural communities can be successfully assessed by CHARPs using RALA tools, providing information about resources and barriers for physical activity.
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