The influence of walkability on broader mobility for Canadian middle aged and older adults: An examination of Walk Score™ and the Mobility Over Varied …

JA Hirsch, M Winters, PJ Clarke, N Ste-Marie… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neighborhood built environments may play an important role in shaping mobility and
subsequent health outcomes. However, little work includes broader mobility considerations …

Neighborhood walkability and health outcomes among older adults: The mediating role of physical activity

J Van Cauwenberg, V Van Holle, I De Bourdeaudhuij… - Health & place, 2016 - Elsevier
We examined the mediating role of physical activity on the relationships of walkability with
Flemish older adults' health outcomes. In low income neighborhoods, residents of high …

The impact of neighborhood walkability on walking: does it differ across adult life stage and does neighborhood buffer size matter?

K Villanueva, M Knuiman, A Nathan, B Giles-Corti… - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
We explored the impact of neighborhood walkability on young adults, early-middle adults,
middle-aged adults, and older adults' walking across different neighborhood buffers …

Place matters: A longitudinal analysis measuring the association between neighbourhood walkability and walking by age group and population center size in Canada

R Wasfi, M Steinmetz-Wood, Y Kestens - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
This study examined the influence of walkability on walking behaviour and assessed
whether associations varied according to life-stage and population center (PC) size …

High neighborhood walkability mitigates declines in middle-to-older aged adults' walking for transport

H Shimura, T Sugiyama… - Journal of physical …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Neighborhood walkability shows significant positive relationship with residents'
walking for transport in cross-sectional studies. We examined prospective relationships of …

Neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and walking for transportation: A cross-sectional study of older adults living on low income

AM Chudyk, HA McKay, M Winters, J Sims-Gould… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Walking, and in particular, outdoor walking, is the most common form of
physical activity for older adults. To date, no study investigated the association between the …

Using Walk Score™ and neighborhood perceptions to assess walking among middle-aged and older adults

SD Towne, J Won, S Lee, MG Ory, SN Forjuoh… - Journal of community …, 2016 - Springer
We aimed to determine the relationship between neighborhood characteristics (walkability,
cohesion/safety) and recommended activity levels among community-dwelling middle-aged …

Developing a comprehensive measure of mobility: mobility over varied environments scale (MOVES)

JA Hirsch, M Winters, J Sims-Gould, PJ Clarke… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Abs t ract Background While recent work emphasizes the multi-dimensionality of mobility, no
current measure incorporates multiple domains of mobility. Using existing conceptual …

Changes in objectively-determined walkability and physical activity in adults: a quasi-longitudinal residential relocation study

GR McCormack, L McLaren, G Salvo… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Causal evidence for the built environment's role in supporting physical activity is needed to
inform land use and transportation policies. This quasi-longitudinal residential relocation …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and neighborhood characteristics associated with neighborhood walking among US older adults

LM Besser, LC Chang, J Kluttz - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Neighborhood walking connotes physical activity and opportunities for social
and cognitive engagement and improved mental health, factors previously associated with …