ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Environmental Influences on Physical Activity among Rural Adults in Montana, United States: Views from Built Environment Audits, Resident Focus Groups, and Key Informant Interviews.
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- Examining the Associations between Walk Score, Perceived Built Environment, and Physical Activity Behaviors among Women Participating in a Community-Randomized Lifestyle Change Intervention Trial: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
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- Supporting a rural wellness intervention through assessing and mapping rural physical activity environments.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Efficacy and costs of a workplace wellness programme.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- Cross-sectional associations between the neighborhood built environment and physical activity in a rural setting: the Bogalusa Heart Study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Understanding the physical activity needs and interests of inactive and active rural women: a cross-sectional study of barriers, opportunities, and intervention preferences.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities Intervention on Functional Fitness of Rural Women.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2020Article
- Trends in Maternal Weight Disparities: Statewide Differences in Rural and Urban Minnesota Residents From 2012 to 2019.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- Physical Activity Levels, Motivators and Barriers to Exercise among Men and Women Aged 30 to 50 Years in Rourkela, India.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
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Abstract
Rural populations in the United States have lower physical activity levels and are at a higher risk of being overweight and suffering from obesity than their urban counterparts. This paper aimed to understand the environmental factors that influence physical activity among rural adults in Montana. Eight built environment audits, 15 resident focus groups, and 24 key informant interviews were conducted between August and December 2014. Themes were triangulated and summarized into five categories of environmental factors: built, social, organizational, policy, and natural environments. Although the existence of active living features was documented by environmental audits, residents and key informants agreed that additional indoor recreation facilities and more well-maintained and conveniently located options were needed. Residents and key informants also agreed on the importance of age-specific, well-promoted, and structured physical activity programs, offered in socially supportive environments, as facilitators to physical activity. Key informants, however, noted that funding constraints and limited political will were barriers to developing these opportunities. Since building new recreational facilities and structures to support active transportation pose resource challenges, especially for rural communities, our results suggest that enhancing existing features, making small improvements, and involving stakeholders in the city planning process would be more fruitful to build momentum towards larger changes.
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