ArticlePreventing chronic disease2019
Associations Between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Physical Activity in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2017.
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- Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Association between neighbourhood cohesion and physical activity trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic using data fromPreventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Neighborhood Social Environment and Body Mass Index: The Mediating Role of Mental Wellbeing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Contextualizing physical activity in rural adults: Do relationships between income inequality, neighborhood environments, and physical activity exist?Health services research · 2023Article
- Neighborhood walkability, neighborhood social health, and self-selection among U.S. adults.Health & place · 2023Article
- The burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a longitudinal analysis from the global burden of disease dataset 1990-2019.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and type 2 diabetes mellitus by age, sex/gender, and race/ethnicity in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Race-specific associations between psychological distress and obesity: the role of social cohesion.Ethnicity & health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividual social support is positively related to physical activity participation. However, less is known about how neighborhood-level social structures relate to physical activity participation.
methodsWe analyzed 2017 National Health Interview Survey data for adult participants who completed all questions on physical activity and neighborhood cohesion (N = 23,006). Each cohesion question was binary coded (cohesion or not) and used as a predictor individually and for a composite score measuring total social cohesion. We used linear regression to estimate minutes of moderate aerobic activity, and we used logistic regression to estimate the odds of meeting aerobic guidelines (≥150 min/wk), strength guidelines (≥2 d/wk of muscle strengthening exercises), or both guidelines, predicted by the 5 definitions of cohesion (composite cohesion and the 4 questions separately). Models were adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, family-income-to-poverty ratio, education, nativity, language, and neighborhood tenure.
resultsRespondents who reported having more social cohesion had 45.0 more minutes of aerobic activity and increased odds of meeting aerobic, strength, and combined guidelines (odds ratio [OR] = 1.22, OR = 1.13, and OR = 1.14, respectively; P < .01 for all). Reporting having availability of help when needed, neighbors to count on, trustworthy neighbors, and close-knit neighbors all resulted in increased odds of meeting aerobic guidelines but not increased odds for meeting strength guidelines in the latter 3 components or combined guidelines for the latter 2 components.
conclusionsHaving neighborhood social cohesion or select individual components of neighborhood cohesion are positively related to meeting aerobic, strength, and combined guidelines.
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