Urban environment interventions linked to the promotion of physical activity: A mixed methods study applied to the urban context of Latin America

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-30

  Gomez, Luis F ^a   Sarmiento, Rodrigo ^a   Ordoñez, Maria Fernanda ^a   Pardo, Carlos Felipe ^b   de Sá, Thiago Hérick ^c   Mallarino, Christina H ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^d,e   Mosquera, Janeth ^f   Parra, Diana C ^c,g   Reis, Rodrigo ^h   Quistberg, D Alex ⁱ  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Fundación Despacio   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin America; Physical activity; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; LAND USE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

CITY PLANNING; CYCLING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

LATIN AMERICA;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LATIN AMERICA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84924192175     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.042     Document Type: Review

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