Disparities in physical activity resource availability in six US regions

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-22

  Jones, Sydney A ^a   Moore, Latetia V ^b   Moore, Kari ^c   Zagorski, Melissa ^d   Brines, Shannon J ^d   Diez Roux, Ana V ^c   Evenson, Kelly R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Geographic information systems (GIS); Parks and recreation; Physical activity; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NATIONAL PARK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECREATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934953172     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.05.028     Document Type: Article

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