Neighborhood Attributes Associated With the Social Environment

• Published in: American journal of health promotion Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 634 - 637
• Main Authors: Child, Stephanie T., Schoffman, Danielle E., Kaczynski, Andrew T., Forthofer, Melinda, Wilcox, Sara, Baruth, Meghan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2016; American Journal of Health Promotion
• Subjects: Adult; African Americans; Attributes; Bicycles; Bicycling; Built environment; Destinations; Environment Design; Environmental aspects; Exercise; Families & family life; Female; Friendship; Health Promotion; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neighborhoods; Neighbors; Physical activity; Physical education; Quasi-experimental methods; Regression Analysis; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Social cohesion; Social Environment; Social interaction; Social Support; Socioeconomic Factors; Walking; Neighborhoods; Manuscript format: research; Social Interactions; Social Support; Research purpose: relationship testing; Prevention Research; Target population age: adults; Outcome measure: social/behavioral; Built Environment; Health focus: social health; Study design: quasi-experimental; Strategy: built environment; Target population circumstances: geographic location; Setting: neighborhoods

Purpose. To examine the association between specific attributes of neighborhood environments and four social environment measures. Design. Data were collected as part of a baseline survey among participants enrolling in a walking intervention. Setting. Participants were recruited from a metropolitan...