ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Improving Physical Activity among Residents of Affordable Housing: Is Active Design Enough?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Multi-Family Housing Environment and Physical Activity: A Systematic Review of the Literature.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the built environment on physical activity: a systematic review of longitudinal studies taking sex/gender into account.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Participant Contributions to Person-Generated Health Data Research Using Mobile Devices: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Preparedness of diabetic patients for receiving telemedical health care: A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Evaluating physical activity interventions for socioeconomically disadvantaged adults through the RE-AIM framework: A systematic review of experimental and non-/quasi-experimental trials.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19: Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors during the Lockdown in the United Arab Emirates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Lack of Pregraduate Teaching on the Associations between the Built Environment, Physical Activity and Health in Swiss Architecture and Urban Design Degree Programs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Physical inactivity increases risk of chronic disease. Few studies examine how built environment interventions increase physical activity (PA). Active design (AD) utilizes strategies in affordable housing to improve resident health. We assessed how AD housing affects PA among low-income families in Brooklyn, New York. Participants were recruited at lease signings in 2016 from a new AD apartment complex and two recently renovated comparison buildings without AD features. Eligibility included age ≥18 years with no contraindications to exercise. Anthropometric data were collected. PA was self-reported using the Recent and Global Physical Activity Questionnaires. Smartphone users shared their tracked step. Data collection was repeated one year after move-in. All data were analyzed using SPSS. Eighty-eight eligible participants completed the initial questionnaire (36 AD and 52 from 2 comparison buildings) at baseline (T0). There were no differences between AD and comparison cohorts in: stair use, PA, sitting time or, mean waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) at T0. However, the AD cohort had a lower baseline BMI (27.6 vs. 31.0,
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