Background Direct relationships between safety concerns and physical activity have been
inconsistently patterned in the literature. To tease out these relationships, crime, pedestrian …

Purpose To investigate gender, race/ethnicity, education and income as moderators of
relations of perceived neighborhood crime, pedestrian, and traffic safety to physical activity …

Background Numerous cross-sectional studies have investigated the premise that the
perception of crime will cause residents to constrain their walking; however the findings to …

Background Due to the inconsistent findings of prior studies, we explored the association of
perceived safety and police-recorded crime measures with physical activity. Methods The …

OBJECTIVES: Personal safety is commonly cited in qualitative research as a barrier to local
walking, yet the relationship between safety and constrained physical activity has received …

Background Neighborhood safety is inconsistently related to physical activity, but is seldom
studied in developing countries. This study examined associations between perceived …

The built environment may be responsible for making nonmotorized transportation
inconvenient, resulting in declines in physical activity. However, few studies have assessed …

BACKGROUND: Researchers and policymakers increasingly identify active living—
including walking and bicycling for travel and recreation—as a potential strategy to increase …

Background: Few studies have explored associations of individual, social, and
environmental factors with physical activity and walking behavior. Methods: A random-digit …

Perceived safety from crime and objectively-measured crime rates may be associated with
physical inactivity. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to estimate the odds of accumulating …