Journal article
Destinations That Older Adults Experience Within Their GPS Activity Spaces Relation to Objectively Measured Physical Activity
Environment and behavior, v 48(1), pp 55-77
01 Jan 2016
PMID: 26783370
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Abstract
Identifying the relevant geography is an ongoing obstacle to effectively evaluate the influence of neighborhood built environment on physical activity. We characterized density and diversity of destinations that 77 older adults experienced within individually representative GPS activity spaces and traditional residential buffers and assessed their associations with accelerometry-measured physical activity. Traditional residential buffers had lower destination density and diversity than activity spaces. Activity spaces based only on pedestrian and bicycling trips had higher destination densities than all-mode activity spaces. Regardless of neighborhood definition, adjusted associations between destinations and physical activity generally failed to reach statistical significance. However, within pedestrian and bicycling-based activity spaces each additional destination type was associated with 243.3 more steps/day (95% confidence interval (CI) 36.0, 450.7). Traditional buffers may not accurately portray the geographic space or neighborhood resources experienced by older adults. Pedestrian and bicycling activity spaces elucidate the importance of destinations for facilitating active transportation.
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- Title
- Destinations That Older Adults Experience Within Their GPS Activity Spaces Relation to Objectively Measured Physical Activity
- Creators
- Jana A. Hirsch - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMeghan Winters - Simon Fraser UniversityMaureen C. Ashe - University of British ColumbiaPhilippa Clarke - University of Michigan–Ann ArborHeather McKay - University of British Columbia
- Publication Details
- Environment and behavior, v 48(1), pp 55-77
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000368716800004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84954357834
- Other Identifier
- 991019205523204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Studies
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary