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Journal article
Access to and availability of exercise facilities in Madrid: an equity perspective
International journal of health geographics, v 18(1), pp 15-15
02 Jul 2019
PMID: 31266518
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Abstract
Identifying socioeconomic determinants that are associated with access to and availability of exercise facilities is fundamental to supporting physical activity engagement in urban populations, which in turn, may reduce health inequities. This study analysed the relationship between area-level socioeconomic status (SES) and access to, and availability of, exercise facilities in Madrid, Spain.
Area-level SES was measured using a composite index based on seven sociodemographic indicators. Exercise facilities were geocoded using Google Maps and classified into four types: public, private, low-cost and sessional. Accessibility was operationalized as the street network distance to the nearest exercise facility from each of the 125,427 residential building entrances (i.e. portals) in Madrid. Availability was defined as the count of exercise facilities in a 1000 m street network buffer around each portal. We used a multilevel linear regression and a zero inflated Poisson regression analyses to assess the association between area-level SES and exercise facility accessibility and availability.
Lower SES areas had a lower average distance to the closest facility, especially for public and low-cost facilities. Higher SES areas had higher availability of exercise facilities, especially for private and seasonal facilities.
Public and low-cost exercise facilities were more proximate in low SES areas, but the overall number of facilities was lower in these areas compared with higher SES areas. Increasing the number of exercise facilities in lower SES areas may be an intervention to improve health equity.
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- Title
- Access to and availability of exercise facilities in Madrid: an equity perspective
- Creators
- Luis Cereijo - Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaPedro Gullón - University of AlcaláAlba Cebrecos - University of AlcaláUsama Bilal - Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, USAJose Antonio Santacruz - Management and Sports Training Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, SpainHannah Badland - Centre for Urban Research RMIT University Melbourne AustraliaManuel Franco - Bloomberg
- Publication Details
- International journal of health geographics, v 18(1), pp 15-15
- Publisher
- Springer BMC
- Grant note
- DP5OD26429 / NIH Office of the Director
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000474395100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85068564798
- Other Identifier
- 991019167709404721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health