Disparities in Physical Activity Resource Availability in Six US Regions

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• Alternative Title:
  Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Sydney A. ; Moore, Latetia V. ; Moore, Kari ; Zagorski, Melissa ; Brines, Shannon J. ; Diez Roux, Ana V. ; Evenson, Kelly R.
• Description:
  We conducted an ecological study to determine physical activity resource availability overall and by sociodemographic groups in parts of six states (CA, IL, MD, MN, NC, NY).|Data on parks and recreational facilities were collected from 3 sources in 2009-2012. Three measures characterized park and recreational facility availability at the census tract level: presence of ≥1 resource, number of resources, and resource kernel density. Associations between resource availability and census tract characteristics (predominant racial/ethnic group, median income, and proportion of children and older adults) were estimated using linear, binomial, and zero-inflated negative binomial regression in 2014. Pooled and stratified analyses were conducted.|The study included 7139 census tracts, comprising 9.5% of the 2010 US population. Overall the availability of parks and recreational facilities was lower in predominantly minority relative to non-Hispanic white census tracts. Low-income census tracts and those with a higher proportion of children had an equal or greater availability of park resources but fewer recreational facilities. Stratification revealed substantial variation in resource availability by site.|The availability of physical activity resources varied by sociodemographic characteristics and across regions. Improved knowledge of resource distribution can inform strategies to provide equitable access to parks and recreational facilities.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Child Environment Design Ethnicity Exercise Female Humans Male Minority Groups Poverty Racial Groups Recreation Residence Characteristics Social Determinants Of Health Socioeconomic Factors

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• Keywords:
  Environment Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Parks And Recreation Physical Activity Policy
• Source:
  Prev Med. 78:17-22
• Pubmed ID:
  26067479
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4547867
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  N01-HC-95162/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HL071759/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95163/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95168/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95169/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95159/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95165/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32-HL007055-38/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 2R01 HL071759/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95169/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95164/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95165/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01HC95159/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95160/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48-DP000059/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95161/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95166/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL007055/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000059/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; N01-HC-95167/HC/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  78
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:146d2f55b996469a0036f1ed2c1215083a691f8f8f9e51f386cb06ffc95ac4cb
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35518/cdc_35518_DS1.pdf
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