Perceived and Objective Measures of Neighborhood Environment for Physical Activity Among Mexican Adults, 2011

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Jáuregui, Alejandra ; Salvo, Deborah ; Lamadrid-Figueroa, Héctor ; Hernández, Bernardo ; Rivera-Dommarco, Juan A. ; Pratt, Michael
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Environmental supports for physical activity may help residents to be physically active. However, such supports might not help if residents’ perceptions of the built environment do not correspond with objective measures. We assessed the associations between objective and perceived measures of the built environment among adults in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and examined whether certain variables modified this relationship.
  
  Methods
  
  We conducted a population-based (n = 645) study in 2011 that used objective (based on geographic information systems) and perceived (by questionnaire) measures of the following features of the built environment: residential density, mixed-land use, intersection density, and proximity to parks and transit stops. We used linear regression to assess the adjusted associations between these measures and to identify variables modifying these relationships.
  
  Results
  
  Adjusted associations were significant for all features (P < .05) except intersection density and proximity to transit stops. Significantly stronger associations between perceived and objective measures were observed among participants with low socioeconomic status, participants who did not own a motor vehicle or did not meet physical activity recommendations, and participants perceiving parks as safe.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Perceived measures of residential density, mixed-land use, and proximity to parks are associated with objective environmental measures related to physical activity. However, in Mexico, it should not be assumed that perceived measures of intersection density and proximity to transit stops are the same as objective measures. Our results are consistent with those from high-income countries in that associations between perceived and objective measures are modified by individual sociodemographic and psychosocial factors.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Environment Design Exercise/psychology Female Geographic Information Systems Health Behavior Health Promotion Humans Linear Models Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Residence Characteristics Self Report Socioeconomic Factors Transportation Young Adult

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160009
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  27281391
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4900820
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico
• Volume:
  13
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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