SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Neighbourhood Built Environment Influences on Physical Activity among Adults: A Systematized Review of Qualitative Evidence.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strategic environmental assessment-exploring connections between environmental and health issues.Environmental management · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of domain-specific physical activity: a systematic review of reviews.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- The neighbourhood built environment and health-related fitness: a narrative systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- The association between the built environment and intervention-facilitated physical activity: a narrative systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Association Between Physical Activity, Psychosocial Factors, and the Built Environment in Rural Adults.Journal of physical activity & health · 2026Trial
- Exploring How Neighborhood Environment Perceptions Moderate the Health Benefits of Movement Behaviors Among Latinos in Los Angeles.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the Barcelona Superblocks 'Green Corridor' project on the quality of public space from a health determinants perspective.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Self-Reported Interpersonal Safety Concerns During Outdoor, Daytime Physical Activities by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, SummerStyles - United States, 2022.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Neighborhood context shapes physical activity intervention outcomes: a comparison of human vs. virtual advisors.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Neighborhood built environment and loneliness dynamics among older Chinese immigrants in the United States.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- The dynamic association between physical exercise and depressive symptoms in China: an age-period-cohort analysis using the HAPC-CCREM and the moderating role of urban-rural disparities.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between walkability and diverse health metrics: moderating role of social vulnerability.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2026Article
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- Exercise empowerment: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental physical activity interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
- The urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity in early midlife: a FinnTwin12 study.Health & place · 2025Article
- "If children don't feel safe, they won't come back": A qualitative exploration of parents' perceptions of health coordinators in a family-based programme in socially disadvantaged communities.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Residential greenness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a large cohort in southern China: Potential causal links, risk trajectories, and mediation pathways.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- The impact ofFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Qualitative studies can provide important information about how and why the built environment impacts physical activity decision-making—information that is important for informing local urban policies. We undertook a systematized literature review to synthesize findings from qualitative studies exploring how the built environment influences physical activity in adults. Our review included 36 peer-reviewed qualitative studies published from 1998 onwards. Our findings complemented existing quantitative evidence and provided additional insight into how functional, aesthetic, destination, and safety built characteristics influence physical activity decision-making. Sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status) also impacted the BE’s influence on physical activity. Our review findings reinforce the need for synergy between transportation planning, urban design, landscape architecture, road engineering, parks and recreation, bylaw enforcement, and public health to be involved in creating neighbourhood environments that support physical activity. Our findings support a need for local neighbourhood citizens and associations with representation from individuals and groups with different sociodemographic backgrounds to have input into neighbourhood environment planning process.
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