Neighborhood environment and adherence to a walking intervention in African American women

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• Personal Author:
  Block R ; McDevitt J ; McNeil S ; Oh A ; Savar N ; Wang E ; Wilbur J ; Zenk SN
• Description:
  This secondary analysis examined relationships between the environment and adherence to a walking intervention among 252 urban and suburban, midlife African American women. Participants received an enhanced or minimal behavioral intervention. Walking adherence was measured as the percentage of prescribed walks completed. Objective measures of the women's neighborhoods included walkability (land use mix, street intersection density, housing unit density, public transit stop density), aesthetics (physical deterioration, industrial land use), availability of outdoor (recreational open space) and indoor (recreation centers, shopping malls) walking facilities/spaces, and safety (violent crime incidents). Ordinary least squares regression estimated relationships. The presence of one and especially both types of indoor walking facilities were associated with greater adherence. No associations were found between adherence and other environmental variables. The effect of the enhanced intervention on adherence did not differ by environmental characteristics. Aspects of the environment may influence African American women who want to be more active. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Behavior Demography Occupational Health Safety Transportation Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: African Americans Demographic-characteristics Humans Neighborhood Physical-exercise Physical-fitness Walking
• ISSN:
  1090-1981
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  167-181
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039697
• Citation:
  Health Educ Behav 2009 Feb; 36(1):167-181
• Contact Point Address:
  Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen Avenue, MC 802, Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  szenk@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Health Education & Behavior
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e3c1a51d19a68021b8a7117846a22036635a56cbc220d5fa117b3e5b25abc51f0a0bb5371d393185f02ff048d7478aefd215f2d5e9608093035e9658bbf7d5b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192847/cdc_192847_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 797.18 KB ]