Is your neighborhood designed to support physical activity? A brief streetscape audit tool

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Sallis, James F ^a   Cain, Kelli L ^a   Conway, Terry L ^a   Gavand, Kavita A ^a   Millstein, Rachel A ^b   Geremia, Carrie M ^a   Frank, Lawrence D ^c   Saelens, Brian E ^d   Glanz, Karen ^e   King, Abby C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANITATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC FACILITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943578351     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.150098     Document Type: Article

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