Place-focused physical activity research, human agency, and social justice in public health: Taking agency seriously in studies of the built environment

Blacksher, Erika; Lovasi, Gina S.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.019

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“…This pattern echoes findings from studies of perceived and objective measures of walkability (Gebel et al, 2009). It remains an open question whether the stronger associations of perceived environment with physical activity reflect a crucial role of perception as more proximal to behavior (perhaps along the pathway between objective environment and activity) or a vulnerability of perceived measures to bias (such that correlated errors could be distorting the true causal association when both exposure and outcome are selfreported) (Blacksher and Lovasi, 2012).…”

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Association of proximity and density of parks and objectively measured physical activity in the United States: A systematic review

Bancroft

Joshi

Rundle

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Association of proximity and density of parks and objectively measured physical activity in the United States: A systematic review

Bancroft

Joshi

Rundle

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The perceptions of surroundings play an important role in people's behavior choice within possible options provided by the built environment. 10 Perceived environmental attributes such as neighborhood esthetics [11][12][13] and fear of crime 14,15 are associated with recreational physical activity. It is also known that environmental perceptions do not always match objectively measured characteristics 16,17 , and people of low SES tend to perceive their surroundings more negatively than those of high SES.…”

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Do Relationships Between Environmental Attributes and Recreational Walking Vary According to Area-Level Socioeconomic Status?

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Residents of areas with lower socioeconomic status (SES) are known to be less physically active during leisure time. Neighborhood walkability has been shown to be related to recreational walking equally in low and high SES areas. This crosssectional study tested whether associations of specific environmental attributes, measured objectively and subjectively, with walking for recreation were moderated by area-level SES. The data of the North West Adelaide Health Study collected in 2007 (n=1500, mean age 57) were used. Self-reported walking frequency was the outcome of the study. Environmental exposure measures included objectively measured walkability components (residential density, intersection density, land use mix, and net retail area ratio) and perceived attributes (access to destinations, neighborhood esthetics, walking infrastructure, traffic/barriers, and crime safety). Participants' suburbs were categorized into low and high SES areas using an indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage. Low SES areas had lower scores in residential density, neighborhood esthetics, walking infrastructure, traffic/barriers, and crime safety. Recreational walking was associated with residential density, access to destinations, esthetics, traffic/barriers, and crime safety. Effect modification was observed for two attributes (out of nine): residential density was associated with walking only in low SES areas, while walking infrastructure was associated with walking only in high SES areas. The associations of neighborhood environmental attributes with recreational walking were largely consistent across SES groups. However, low SES areas were disadvantaged in most perceived environmental attributes related to recreational walking. Improving such attributes in low SES neighborhoods may help close socioeconomic disparities in leisure time physical activity.

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“…5,19,32 Finally, investing in social media and social marketing is key to raising awareness, thus furthering social capital and mobilization of resources. 33 The visibility of these activities empowers individuals and organizations, elicits local knowledge, and strengthens relationships with partners and the broader community, thus influencing public support for environmental improvements. 5,19,20,34,35 Frequent engagement in media communication and advocacy was associated with higher environmental improvement scores.…”

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Advancing Environmental and Policy Change Through Active Living Collaboratives

Litt

Reed

Zieff

et al. 2013

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Place-focused physical activity research, human agency, and social justice in public health: Taking agency seriously in studies of the built environment

Cited by 145 publications

References 108 publications

Association of proximity and density of parks and objectively measured physical activity in the United States: A systematic review

Association of proximity and density of parks and objectively measured physical activity in the United States: A systematic review

Do Relationships Between Environmental Attributes and Recreational Walking Vary According to Area-Level Socioeconomic Status?

Advancing Environmental and Policy Change Through Active Living Collaboratives

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