Effects of Perceived and Objective Neighborhood Crime on Walking Frequency Among Midlife African American Women in a Home-Based Walking Intervention

Oh, April; Zenk, Shannon N.; Wilbur, JoEllen; Block, Richard; McDevitt, Judith; Wang, Edward

doi:10.1123/jpah.7.4.432

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“…Police-recorded crime was weakly correlated with perceived safety, as seen in previous studies. 6, 13, 14, 17, 19 Because objective and self-reported measures of safety may be separate constructs, we agree with previous recommendations to capture both to fully understand safety’s association with physical activity. 13–15,20 …”

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“…Our measure of perceived safety was derived from two dimensions: feeling safe when walking in one’s neighborhood, and being concerned about neighborhood violence. Although these dimensions are typically utilized in research, 13–19 they have been operationalized in various manners. Our study utilized two items from a questionnaire given to MESA participants at exam 2 or 3, and exam 5.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The cross-sectional study utilizing MESA data 13 utilized slightly different items from the baseline assessment at exam 1. Other studies have utilized multi-item measures 14, 19 or other single-item assessments, 16, 18 some of which focused on fear of walking at night. 16, 17 At the same time, our fixed effects models relied upon variation in the exposure.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…13–19 However, secondary data sources for safety are also utilized, including 911 calls 14 and police-recorded crime. 13, 15, 17, 19, 20 Agreement between both types of measures is low, 13, 14, 19 prompting recommendations to incorporate both measures in future research. 12, 13, 19 …”

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“…Research has estimated cross-sectional associations of walking with both perceived safety and crime with results ranging from no associations 14, 19 to lower crime levels and higher levels of perceived safety being associated with more walking. 13, 15, 17 However, the utilization of cross-sectional data impedes the ability to establish a temporal association between safety and walking.…”

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Changes in walking associated with perceived neighborhood safety and police-recorded crime: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

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Evenson²,

Moore³

et al. 2015

Preventive Medicine

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Objective To explore the association of changes in perceived safety and police-recorded crime with changes in transport and leisure walking using longitudinal data from Chicago residents participating in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000–2012). Method Main exposures included perceived safety (self-reported as feeling safe walking in the neighborhood and reporting violence to be a problem in the neighborhood), and one-year counts of police-recorded crime occurring within a one-mile buffer of participants’ residencies. Main outcomes included transport and leisure walking (self-reported and calculated as total minutes/week across four study visits). Fixed effects models assessed the association of change in perceived safety and police-recorded crime with changes in transport and leisure walking over a 10-year period for 796 adults. Results No associations were found between changes in perceived safety and either changes in transport or leisure walking. Residing in areas with increases in murder was associated with decreases in transport walking. However, no other associations were found with police-recorded crime. Conclusion There continues to be a need to continue exploring the benefits of cultivating safe neighborhoods that enhance resident health and well-being. Research should continue examining how community initiatives may build safe environments and community identity that promote walking.

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Simulating the Impact of Crime on African American Women's Physical Activity and Obesity

Powell‐Wiley

Wong

Adu-Brimpong

et al. 2017

Obesity

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Objective The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of crime on physical activity location accessibility, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and obesity among African-American women. Methods We developed an agent-based model, in 2016, representing resource-limited Washington, DC communities and their populations to simulate the impact of crime on LTPA and obesity among African-American women under different circumstances. Results Data analysis conducted between 2016 and 2017 found that in the baseline scenario, African-American women have a 25% probability of exercising. Reducing crime so more physical activity locations are accessible (increasing from 10% to 50%) decreases the annual rise in obesity prevalence by 2.69%. Increasing the probability of African-American women to exercise to 37.5%, further increases the impact of reducing crime on obesity (2.91% annual decrease in obesity prevalence). Conclusions Our simulations show that crime may serve as a barrier to LTPA. Reducing crime and increasing propensity to exercise through multilevel interventions (i.e. economic development initiatives to increase time available for physical activity and subsidized health care) may promote greater than linear declines in obesity prevalence. Crime prevention strategies alone can help prevent obesity, but combining such efforts with other ways to encourage physical activity can yield even greater benefits.

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Impact of the built, social, and food environment on long‐term weight loss within a behavioral weight loss intervention

Tewahade

Berrigan

Slotman

et al. 2022

Obesity Science & Practice

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Background Behavioral weight loss interventions can lead to an average weight loss of 5%–10% of initial body weight, however there is wide individual variability in treatment response. Although built, social, and community food environments can have potential direct and indirect influences on body weight (through their influence on physical activity and energy intake), these environmental factors are rarely considered as predictors of variation in weight loss. Objective Evaluate the association between built, social, and community food environments and changes in weight, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and dietary intake among adults who completed an 18‐month behavioral weight loss intervention. Methods Participants included 93 adults (mean ± SD; 41.5 ± 8.3 years, 34.4 ± 4.2 kg/m2, 82% female, 75% white). Environmental variables included urbanicity, walkability, crime, Neighborhood Deprivation Index (includes 13 social economic status factors), and density of convenience stores, grocery stores, and limited‐service restaurants at the tract level. Linear regressions examined associations between environment and changes in body weight, waist circumference (WC), MVPA (SenseWear device), and dietary intake (3‐day diet records) from baseline to 18 months. Results Grocery store density was inversely associated with change in weight (β = −0.95; p = 0.02; R2 = 0.062) and WC (β = −1.23; p < 0.01; R2 = 0.109). Participants living in tracts with lower walkability demonstrated lower baseline MVPA and greater increases in MVPA versus participants with higher walkability (interaction p = 0.03). Participants living in tracts with the most deprivation demonstrated greater increases in average daily steps (β = 2048.27; p = 0.02; R2 = 0.039) versus participants with the least deprivation. Limited‐service restaurant density was associated with change in % protein intake (β = 0.39; p = 0.046; R2 = 0.051). Conclusion Environmental factors accounted for some of the variability (<11%) in response to a behavioral weight loss intervention. Grocery store density was positively associated with weight loss at 18 months. Additional studies and/or pooled analyses, encompassing greater environmental variation, are required to further evaluate whether environment contributes to weight loss variability.

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Effects of Perceived and Objective Neighborhood Crime on Walking Frequency Among Midlife African American Women in a Home-Based Walking Intervention

Cited by 35 publications

References 29 publications

Changes in walking associated with perceived neighborhood safety and police-recorded crime: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Changes in walking associated with perceived neighborhood safety and police-recorded crime: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Simulating the Impact of Crime on African American Women's Physical Activity and Obesity

Impact of the built, social, and food environment on long‐term weight loss within a behavioral weight loss intervention

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