The Relationship Between the Social Environment and Lifestyle-Related Physical Activity in a Low-Income African American Inner-City Southern Neighborhood

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 967-974

  Andersen, Lori ^a   Gustat, Jeanette ^a   Becker, Adam B ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Lifestyle related physical activity; Neighborhood; Social support; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; POVERTY; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940724291     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0019-z     Document Type: Article

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