What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity?

Janne Boone-Heinonen; Barry M. Popkin; Yan Song; Penny Gordon-Larsen

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.015

What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity?

Janne Boone-Heinonen, Barry M. Popkin, Yan Song, Penny Gordon-Larsen

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Abstract

In research investigating built environment (BE) influences on physical activity (PA), inconsistent neighborhood definitions may contribute to inconsistent findings. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Wave I; 1994-95), we compared associations between moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) and PA facility counts and street connectivity measures (intersection density and link:node ratio) within 1, 3, 5, and 8.05 km of each respondent's residence (Euclidean neighborhood buffers). BE-MVPA associations varied by BE characteristic, urbanicity, and sex. PA facilities within 3 km buffers and intersection density within 1 km buffers exhibited the most consistent associations with MVPA. Policy recommendations and corresponding research should address potential differences in relevant neighborhood areas across environment feature and population subgroup.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1280-1286
Number of pages	7
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.015
State	Published - Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Environment design
Epidemiology
Modifiable areal unit problem
Neighborhood definition
Physical activity
United States

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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title = "What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity?",

abstract = "In research investigating built environment (BE) influences on physical activity (PA), inconsistent neighborhood definitions may contribute to inconsistent findings. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Wave I; 1994-95), we compared associations between moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) and PA facility counts and street connectivity measures (intersection density and link:node ratio) within 1, 3, 5, and 8.05 km of each respondent's residence (Euclidean neighborhood buffers). BE-MVPA associations varied by BE characteristic, urbanicity, and sex. PA facilities within 3 km buffers and intersection density within 1 km buffers exhibited the most consistent associations with MVPA. Policy recommendations and corresponding research should address potential differences in relevant neighborhood areas across environment feature and population subgroup.",

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author = "Janne Boone-Heinonen and Popkin, {Barry M.} and Yan Song and Penny Gordon-Larsen",

note = "Funding Information: This research uses data from Add Health, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by a grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Special acknowledgment is due to Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Persons interested in obtaining data files from Add Health should contact Add Health, CPC, 123W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 (addhealth@unc.edu). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis. Funding Information: This work was funded by National Institutes of Health grants R01-HD057194 and R01-HD041375 , R01-HD39183 , and a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC SIP No. 5-00), dissertation grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation{\textquoteright}s Active Living Research and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( R36-EH000380 ), and The Henry Dearman and Martha Stucker Dissertation Fellowship in the Royster Society of Fellows at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Funding sources had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, the writing of the report, or the decision to submit the paper for publication. ",

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