The built environment and older adults: A literature review and an applied approach to engaging older adults in built environment improvements for health

AG Tuckett, AW Banchoff, SJ Winter… - … Journal of Older …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… Articles were considered against “data relevance”—namely, the focus of the article on
health impacts of the built environment, physical activity or older people; and older people as …

The urban built environment and mobility in older adults: a comprehensive review

AL Rosso, AH Auchincloss… - Journal of aging …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… The evidence provides empirical support for an association between aspects of the built
environment and mobility in older adults. This paper suggests that built environment

The relation between neighborhood built environment and walking activity among older adults

CL Nagel, NE Carlson, M Bosworth… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… The association of neighborhood built environment with walking … the built environment and
few have examined the relation between built environment and walking among older adults. …

Interactions between psychosocial and built environment factors in explaining older adults' physical activity

JA Carlson, JF Sallis, TL Conway, BE Saelens… - Preventive …, 2012 - Elsevier
… The primary aim of SNQLS was to investigate the relationship between built environment
factors and physical activity in older adults. Census block groups (n = 216) were chosen to …

The role of the built environment in healthy aging: Community design, physical activity, and health among older adults

J Kerr, D Rosenberg, L Frank - Journal of planning Literature, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
… This review presents evidence documenting the critical role the built environment has in
promoting or inhibiting physical activity in older adults. Creating and preserving walkable …

Built environment and mobility of older adults: important policy and practice efforts

IH Yen, LA Anderson - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… design principles and mobility of older adults. Mobility refers to … that support mobility in built
environments. The policy project … States related to the built environment to place the CDC's …

Optimizing mobility in later life: The role of the urban built environment for older adults aging in place

P Clarke, NA Gallagher - Journal of Urban Health, 2013 - Springer
… frail older adults is … built environment characteristics in shaping the pattern of mobility
trajectories in this population, focusing specifically on the conditions in the proximate environment

Built environmental correlates of older adults' total physical activity and walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis

, … Environment and Physical Activity (CEPA)–Older … - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
… activity (PA) in older adults (≥65 years old) has the potential to … built environmental
correlates of older adults’ PA, and second, investigate differences by type of PA and environmental

Association of the built environment with physical activity and obesity in older persons

EM Berke, TD Koepsell, AV Moudon… - … journal of public …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… Numerous studies have highlighted the large proportion of overweight and obese adults,
and the number of older adults who are overweight or obese continues to rise. Obesity has …

Older adults' quality of life–Exploring the role of the built environment and social cohesion in community-dwelling seniors on low income.

L Engel, AM Chudyk, MC Ashe, HA McKay… - Social Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
… and social cohesion are increasingly recognized as being associated with older adults' …
the built environment and social cohesion with QoL of 160 community-dwelling older adults (…