Concept mapping applied to the intersection between older adults' outdoor walking and the built and social environments

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 785-791

  Hanson, Heather M ^a,b   Schiller, Claire ^a,b   Winters, Meghan ^a,c   Sims Gould, Joanie ^a,b   Clarke, Philippa ^d   Curran, Eileen ^e   Donaldson, Meghan G ^a,b   Pitman, Beverley ^f   Scott, Vicky ^b,g   McKay, Heather A ^a,b   Ashe, Maureen C ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Vancouver Fire Department   (Canada)

^f University of British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Concept map; Mobility; Older adults; Social environment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPT MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONCEPT MAP; MOBILITY; OLDER ADULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84887819798     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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