Regional variations in walking for different purposes - The South East Queensland quality of life study
Regional variations in walking for different purposes - The South East Queensland quality of life study
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DOI：
10.1177/0013916506287358
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Stimson, Robert
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作者：
Leslie, Eva;McCrea, Rod;Stimson, Robert
人们所处的位置可以通过地点对健康的影响来影响行为选择和健康结果。步行是成年人最常报告的非职业和非家庭身体活动形式。这是交通、城市规划和公共卫生领域人士特别感兴趣的行为。研究人员从个人角度（心理和社会因素）和更广泛的社区焦点（位置和建筑环境因素）研究了步行模式。大多数研究都考察了城市环境中的步行。先前尚未描述过区域内（例如城市、城郊和农村）步行的差异。我们使用基于区域的生活质量调查的数据来检查出于特定目的步行的次区域差异。可能造成这些差异的社会和背景变化都被考虑在内。这有助于确定特定因素，可以使用 GIS 方法在分类分析中进一步研究这些因素，以确定次区域之间可能影响人们步行选择的客观属性的具体差异，例如步行基础设施和目的地的可用性。
Where people are located can influence behavioral choices and health outcomes through the effects of place on health. Walking is the most commonly reported form of nonoccupational and nonhousehold physical activity for adults. It is a behavior of particular interest to those in the transportation, urban planning, and public health fields. Researchers have examined patterns of walking from both an individual perspective (psychological and social factors) and from a broader community focus (location and built environment factors). The majority of studies have examined walking in the context of urban environments. Variations within regions (urban, periurban, and rural, for example) in walking have not been previously described. We use data from a regionally based quality of life survey to examine subregional variations in walking for particular purposes. Both the social and contextual variations that may underlie these differences are considered. This is useful in helping identify particular factors that may be further investigated in disaggregated analyses using GIS methods to identify specific differences in objective attributes between subregions that may influence peoples' choices to walk, such as walking infrastructure and the availability of destinations.