Applied Research Brief: Physical Activity; Health Promoting Community Design Neighborhood Attributes Associated With the Social Environment

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 634-637

  Child, Stephanie T ^a   Schoffman, Danielle E ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^a   Forthofer, Melinda ^a   Wilcox, Sara ^a   Baruth, Meghan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health focus: social health; Outcome measure: social behavioral; Research purpose: relationship testing; Setting: neighborhoods; Social Interactions, Social Support, Neighborhoods, Built Environment, Prevention Research. Manuscript format: research; Strategy: built environment; Study design: quasi experimental; Target population age: adults; Target population circumstances: geographic location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 85034075403     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/AJHP.140307-ARB-99     Document Type: Article

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