Journal article
Direct and Indirect Associations Between the Built Environment and Leisure and Utilitarian Walking in Older Women
Annals of behavioral medicine, v 51(2), pp 282-291
Apr 2017
PMID: 27807683
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Abstract
The built environment predicts walking in older adults, but the degree to which associations between the objective built environment and walking for different purposes are mediated by environmental perceptions is unknown.
We examined associations between the neighborhood built environment and leisure and utilitarian walking and mediation by the perceived environment among older women.
Women (N = 2732, M
= 72.8 ± 6.8 years) from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California completed a neighborhood built environment and walking survey. Objective population and intersection density and density of stores and services variables were created within residential buffers. Perceived built environment variables included measures of land use mix, street connectivity, infrastructure for walking, esthetics, traffic safety, and personal safety. Regression and bootstrapping were used to test associations and indirect effects.
Objective population, stores/services, and intersection density indirectly predicted leisure and utilitarian walking via perceived land use mix (odds ratios (ORs) = 1.01-1.08, 95 % bias corrected and accelerated confidence intervals do not include 1). Objective density of stores/services directly predicted ≥150 min utilitarian walking (OR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.02, 1.22). Perceived land use mix (ORs = 1.16-1.44) and esthetics (ORs = 1.24-1.61) significantly predicted leisure and utilitarian walking, CONCLUSIONS: Perceived built environment mediated associations between objective built environment variables and walking for leisure and utilitarian purposes. Interventions for older adults should take into account how objective built environment characteristics may influence environmental perceptions and walking.
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- Title
- Direct and Indirect Associations Between the Built Environment and Leisure and Utilitarian Walking in Older Women
- Creators
- Philip J Troped - University of Massachusetts BostonKosuke Tamura - New York UniversityMeghan H McDonough - University of CalgaryHeather A Starnes - California Polytechnic State UniversityPeter James - Brigham and Women's HospitalEran Ben-Joseph - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEllen Cromley - University of ConnecticutRobin Puett - Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.Steven J Melly - Drexel UniversityFrancine Laden - Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Publication Details
- Annals of behavioral medicine, v 51(2), pp 282-291
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- R21 CA125078 / NCI NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000398940700013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84994335163
- Other Identifier
- 991019167534104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary