ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Environmental Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Rural U.S. Counties.
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- Built and natural environment correlates of physical activity of adults living in rural areas: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between Physical Activity, Psychosocial Factors, and the Built Environment in Rural Adults.Journal of physical activity & health · 2026Trial
- Changes in physical activity outcomes in the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC-2.0) community-based randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Built and socioeconomic environment: associations with cancer-risk health behaviors among healthy emerging adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Community physical activity environments and physical activity levels among older adults: a hierarchical analysis of environmental dimensions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Rural Physical Activity in the Mississippi Delta: the moderating influence of stray dogs.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2025Article
- Association of body mass index with peer aggression, reaction to peer aggression and physical activity in rural Chinese children.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Detecting sleep and physical activity changes across the perinatal period using wearable technology.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Psychological correlates of physical activity among adults living in rural and urban settings.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Public transit stop density is associated with walking for exercise among a national sample of older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Physical Activity Increases and Decreases Among a Sample of Appalachian Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of Appalachian health · 2023Article
- Rural-urban differences in individual and environmental correlates of physical activity in Canadian adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Inequities in Physical Activity Environments and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Rural Communities.Preventing chronic disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundRural U.S. adults' prevalence of meeting physical activity (PA) guidelines is lower than urban adults, yet rural-urban differences in environmental influences of adults' PA are largely unknown. The study's objective was to identify rural-urban variations in environmental factors associated with the prevalence of adults meeting PA guidelines.
methodsCounty-level data for non-frontier counties (
resultsFA revealed a 13-variable, four-factor structure of natural, social, recreation, and transportation environments. MLR revealed that natural, social, and recreation environments were associated with PA for males and females, with variation by sex for social environment. The natural environment was associated with PA in all but urban counties; the recreation environment was associated with PA in the urban counties and the two most rural counties.
conclusionsVariations across the rural-urban continuum in environmental factors associated with adults' PA, highlight the uniqueness of rural PA and the need to further study what succeeds in creating active rural places.
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