Neighborhood characteristics favorable to outdoor physical activity: Disparities by socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Franzini, Luisa ^a   Taylor, Wendell ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Cuccaro, Paula ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^a   Janice Gilliland, M ^c   Grunbaum, JoAnne ^d   Schuster, Mark A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhoods; Physical activity; Physical environment; Racial disparities; Social environment; Socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ISRAEL;

EID: 73049100181     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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