Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults
Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.025
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Sallis, James F.
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作者：
Owen, Neville;Cerin, Ester;Sallis, James F.
背景资料：居住区的物理属性，特别是街道的连通性和目的地的邻近性，可以影响步行行为。为了提供关于活动友好型环境的公共卫生宣传的证据，需要在不同国家进行大规模的研究。必须更好地理解社区物理环境与成年人步行交通和步行娱乐的关联。方法：2003年7月至2004年6月，在澳大利亚一个城市的社区招募了2650名成年人，对步行交通和步行娱乐进行了有效的调查，选择了步行能力高或低的社区，基于地理信息系统数据库中的连通性和邻近性的客观衡量标准。研究设计分层的区域一级的社会经济地位，而控制参与者的年龄，性别，个人层次的社会经济地位，并为邻里self-selection.Results的原因分析：一个强大的独立的正相关关系被发现之间的每周频率步行运输和客观推导的邻里步行指数。偏好步行街区缓和步行与每周分钟数的关系，但不交通步行的频率与交通步行的频率较高，无论附近的自我选择。有没有显着的环境因素之间的关联和步行recreation.Conclusions：协会附近的步行属性与步行运输在澳大利亚得到证实。他们占了一个温和的，但统计学上显着的比例，相关的步行行为的总变化。构成步行指数的物理环境属性是未来旨在增加身体活动的环境和政策举措的潜在重要候选因素。
Background: The physical attributes of residential neighborhoods, particularly the connectedness of streets and the proximity of destinations, can influence walking behaviors. To provide the evidence for public health advocacy on activity-friendly environments, large-scale studies in different countries are needed. Associations of neighborhood physical environments with adults' walking for transport and walking for recreation must be better understood.Method: Walking for transport and walking for recreation were assessed with a validated survey among 2650 adults recruited from neighborhoods in an Australian city between July 2003 and June 2004, with neighborhoods selected to have either high or low walkability, based on objective measures of connectedness and proximity derived from geographic information systems (GIS) databases. The study design was stratified by area-level socioeconomic status, while analyses controlled for participant age, gender, individual-level socioeconomic status, and reasons for neighborhood self-selection.Results: A strong independent positive association was found between weekly frequency of walking for transport and the objectively derived neighborhood walkability index. Preference for walkable neighborhoods moderated the relationship of walkability with weekly minutes, but not the frequency of walking for transport-walkability was related to higher frequency of transport walking, irrespective of neighborhood self-selection. There were no significant associations between environmental factors and walking for recreation.Conclusions: Associations of neighborhood walkability attributes with walking for transport were confirmed in Australia. They accounted for a modest but statistically significant proportion of the total variation of the relevant walking behavior. The physical environment attributes that make up the walkability index are potentially important candidate factors for future environmental and policy initiatives designed to increase physical activity.