A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of the Neighborhood Environment on Recreational Walking within the Neighborhood: Results from RESIDE.
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of the Neighborhood Environment on Recreational Walking within the Neighborhood: Results from RESIDE.
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DOI：
10.1289/ehp823
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发表时间：
2017-07-12
影响因子：
10.4
通讯作者：
Giles-Corti B
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作者：
Christian H;Knuiman M;Divitini M;Foster S;Hooper P;Boruff B;Bull F;Giles-Corti B
有有限的纵向证据证实邻里环境属性的作用，鼓励人们多走路，或者如果活跃的人只是选择住在活动友好的社区。自然实验的政策变化，以创造更多的步行社区提供了更有力的证据，邻里环境对居民的步行因果关系的影响。我们的目的是调查客观和感知邻里环境措施和邻里休闲步行之间的纵向关联。我们分析了从居住环境（RESIDE）研究（珀斯，澳大利亚，2003-2012）中收集的8年（4次调查）的纵向数据。在每个时间点，参与者报告了他们社区内每周休闲步行的频率和总分钟数以及社区环境感知。使用地理信息系统（GIS）生成的邻里环境的客观措施。当地休闲步行的影响，客观测量访问一个中型/大型公园，海滩访问，和更高的街道连通性，这是减少调整后的邻里观念。在调整后的模型中，积极的看法，获得一个公园和海滩，更高的街道连通性，邻里美学，从犯罪的安全增加邻里休闲散步的独立决定因素。当地休闲步行增加9分钟/周（12%的频率增加）的每一个额外的感知邻里属性存在。我们的研究结果为城市规划者和政策制定者提供了更有力的因果证据，证明了连接良好的社区和进入不同规模的当地公园对当地居民的休闲散步和健康的积极影响。https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP823
There is limited longitudinal evidence confirming the role of neighborhood environment attributes in encouraging people to walk more or if active people simply choose to live in activity-friendly neighborhoods. Natural experiments of policy changes to create more walkable communities provide stronger evidence for a causal effect of neighborhood environments on residents’ walking. We aimed to investigate longitudinal associations between objective and perceived neighborhood environment measures and neighborhood recreational walking. We analyzed longitudinal data collected over 8 yr (four surveys) from the RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) Study (Perth, Australia, 2003–2012). At each time point, participants reported the frequency and total minutes of recreational walking/week within their neighborhood and neighborhood environment perceptions. Objective measures of the neighborhood environment were generated using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Local recreational walking was influenced by objectively measured access to a medium-/large-size park, beach access, and higher street connectivity, which was reduced when adjusted for neighborhood perceptions. In adjusted models, positive perceptions of access to a park and beach, higher street connectivity, neighborhood esthetics, and safety from crime were independent determinants of increased neighborhood recreational walking. Local recreational walking increased by 9 min/wk (12% increase in frequency) for each additional perceived neighborhood attribute present. Our findings provide urban planners and policy makers with stronger causal evidence of the positive impact of well-connected neighborhoods and access to local parks of varying sizes on local residents’ recreational walking and health. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP823