Perceived environmental correlates of physical activity and walking in African young adults

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Oyeyemi, Adewale L ^a   Adegoke, Babatunde O A ^b   Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje Y ^c   Sallis, James F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Neighborhood Environment; Physical Activity; Prevention Research; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961144139     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.090918-QUAN-304     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. World Health Assembly 57.17: Global Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2004.
2. Abegunde DO, Mathers CD, Adam T, et al. The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2007;370:1929-1938. (Pubitemid 350192633)
3. Bull FC, Armstrong T, Dixon T, et al, eds. Comparative Quantification of Health Risks: Global and Regional Burden of Disease due to Selected Major Risk Factors. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2005:729-881.
4. Ezzati M, Lopez A, Rodgers A, Murray C, eds. Comparative Quantification of Health Risks: Global and Regional Burden of Disease due to Selected Major Risk Factors. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2005.
5. Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2002.
6. Preventing Chronic Diseases: A Vital Investment. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2005.
7. Bauman A, Bull FC, Craig CL, et al. The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009;6:21.
8. Guthold R, Ono T, Strong KL, et al. Worldwide variability in physical inactivity: a 51-country survey. Am J Prev Med. 2008;34:486-494. (Pubitemid 351615487)
9. Gebel K, Bauman AE, Petticrew M. The physical environment and physical activity: a critical appraisal of review articles. Am J Prev Med. 2007;32:361-369.
10. Heath GW, Brownson RC, Kruger J, et al. The effectiveness of urban design and land use and transport policies and practices to increase physical activity: a systematic review. J Phys Act Health. 2006;3(1S):S55-S76.
11. Owen N, Humpel N, Leslie E, et al. Understanding environmental influences on walking: review and research agenda. Am J Prev Med. 2004;27:67-76. (Pubitemid 38813187)
12. Hooker SP, Wilson DK, Griffin SF, Ainsworth BE. Perception of environmental supports for physical activity in African American and white adults in a rural county in South Carolina. Prev Chronic Dis. 2005;2:A11.
13. De Boudeaudhuij I, Texeira PJ, Cardon G, Deforche B. Environmental and psychosocial correlates of physical activity in Portuguese and Belgium adults. Public Health Nutr. 2005;8:886-895. (Pubitemid 41719155)
14. Humpel N, Owen N, Leslie E, et al. Associations of location and perceived environmental attributes with walking in neighborhoods. Am J Health Promot. 2004;18:239-242. (Pubitemid 38112219)
15. Sallis JF, Owen N, Fisher EB. Ecological models of health behavior. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Viswanath K, eds. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. 4th ed. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass; 2008:465-486.
16. Sallis JF, Cervero R, Ascher WW, et al. An ecological approach to creating active living communities. Annu Rev Public Health. 2006;27:297-322.
17. Giles-Corti B, Donovan RJ. The relative influences of individual, social, and physical environment determinants of physical activity. Soc Sci Med. 2002;54:1793-1812. (Pubitemid 34462157)
18. Horton R. Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action. Lancet. 2007;370:1881-1882. (Pubitemid 350192635)
19. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Environmental correlates of physical activity and walking in adults and children: a review of reviews. Available at: http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11679/34740/34740. pdf. Accessed July 15, 2008.
20. Saelens BE, Handy SL. Built environment correlates of walking: a review. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008;40(7S):S550-S566.
21. Inoue S, Murase N, Shimomitsu T, et al. Association of physical activity and neighborhood environment among Japanese adults. Prev Med. In press.
22. Sallis JF, Bowles HR, Bauman A, et al. Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countries. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36:484-490.
23. Cervero R, Sarmiento OL, Jacoby E, et al. Influences of the built environments on walking and cycling: lesson from Bogota. Int J Sustain Transport. 2009;3:203-226.
24. Wikipedia. Ibadan. Available at: http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/ibadan. Accessed November 9, 2009.
25. University of Ibadan. Available at: http://www.ui.edu.ng/welcome. Accessed November 9, 2009.
26. Alagh TH, Omokhodion FO. Health related practices of students of the University of Ibadan. Afr J Med Sci. 2004;33:109-114.
27. National Population Commission [Nigeria]. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2003. Calverton, Md: National Population Commission and ORC Macro; 2004.
28. Craig CL, Marshall AL, Sjostrom M, et al. International physical activity questionnaire: 12 country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003;35:1381-1395. (Pubitemid 36936159)
29. International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Guidelines for data processing and analysis of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) - short and long forms. Available at: http://www.ipaq.ki.se/scoring.pdf. Accessed February 2, 2007.
30. Pollock ML, Willmore JH, eds. Exercise in Health and Disease: Evaluation and Prescription for Prevention and Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Penn: WB Saunders Co; 1990:89-230.
31. Rzewnicki R, Vanden Auweele Y, De Bourdeaudhuij I. Addressing overreporting on the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) telephone survey with a population sample. Public Health Nutr. 2003;6:299-305. (Pubitemid 36682089)
32. Ainsworth BE, Macera CA, Jones DA, et al. Comparison of the 2001 BRFSS and the IPAQ physical activity questionnaires. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006;38:1584-1592. (Pubitemid 44373777)
33. Johnson-Kozlow M, Sallis JF, Gilpin EA, et al. Comparative validation of the IPAQ and the 7-day PAR among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006;3:7.
34. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008 physical activity guidelines for Americans. Available at: http://www. health.gov/paguidelines/. Accessed June 16, 2009.
35. Haskell WL, Lee I-M, Pate RR, et al. Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2007;116:1081-1093. (Pubitemid 47329572)
36. International Physical Activity Prevalence Study. Self-administered environmental module. Available at: http://www.rohan. sdsu.edu/faculty/sallis/ IPAQIPS.pdf. Accessed February 2, 2007.
37. Kirtland KA, Porter DE, Addy CL, et al. Environmental measures of physical activity supports: perception versus reality. Am J Prev Med. 2003;24:323-331. (Pubitemid 36506690)
38. Saelens BE, Sallis JF, Black JB, Chen D. Neighborhood based differences in physical activity: an environmental scale evaluation. Am J Public Health. 2003;93:1552-1558. (Pubitemid 38477684)
39. Oyeyemi AL, Adegoke BOA, Oyeyemi AY, Fatudimu MB. Test-retest reliability of IPAQ environmental module in African population. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2008;5:38.
40. Alexander A, Bergman P, Hagstromer M, Sjostrom M. IPAQ environmental module; reliability testing. J Public Health. 2006;14:76-80.
41. Sallis JF, Kerr J, Carlson JA, et al. Evaluating a brief self-report measure of neighborhood environments for physical activity research and surveillance: physical activity neighborhood environment scale (PANES). J Phys Act Health. In press.
42. Besser LM, Dannenberg AL. Walking to public transit: steps to help meet physical activity recommendations. Am J Prev Med. 2005;2:273-280. (Pubitemid 41483532)
43. Humpel N, Owen N, Leslie E. Environmental factors associated with adult's participation in physical activity - a review. Am J Prev Med. 2002;22:188-199. (Pubitemid 34207825)
44. King AC, Castro C, Wilcox S, et al. Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racialethnic groups of U.S middle-aged and older-aged women. Health Psychol. 2000;19:354-364.
45. Wilcox S, Castro C, King AC, et al. Determinants of leisure time physical activity in rural compared with urban older and ethnically diverse women in the United States. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2000;54:667-672. (Pubitemid 30639398)
46. Duncan MJ, Spence JC, Mummery WK. Perceived environment and physical activity: a meta-analysis of selected environmental characteristics. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2005;2:11.
47. Loukaitou-Sideris A, Eckc JE. Crime prevention and active living. Am J Health Promot. 2007;21(4 suppl):380-389. (Pubitemid 46411276)
48. Bengoechea GE, Spence JC, McGannon KR. Gender differences in perceived environmental correlates of physical activity. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2005;2:12.
49. De Boudeaudhuij I, Sallis JF, Saelens BE. Environmental correlates of physical activity in a sample of Belgium adults. Am J Health Promot. 2003;18: 83-92. (Pubitemid 37122271)
50. Giles-Corti B, Timperio A, Bull F, Pikora T. Understanding physical activity environmental correlates: increased specificity for ecological models. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2005;33:175-181. (Pubitemid 41513201)
51. Spittaels H, Foster C, Oppert J-M, et al. Assessment of environmental correlates of physical activity: development of a European questionnaire. Internal J Behav Nutr Phys Activ. 2009;6:39.