How the built environment affects change in older people's physical activity: A mixed- methods approach using longitudinal health survey data in urban China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-84

  Zhou, Peiling ^a   Grady, Sue C ^a   Chen, Guo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; China; Healthy aging; Mixed methods; Physical activity; Stages of behavior change

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; VERY ELDERLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANHUI; CHINA; HUAINAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85030084056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.032     Document Type: Article

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