Background Since mobility and social participation are key determinants of health and
quality of life, it is important to identify factors associated with them. Although several …

Greenspace is theoretically a valuable resource for physical activity and hence has potential
to contribute to reducing obesity and improving health. This paper reports on a systematic …

Features of neighborhoods or residential environments may affect health and contribute to
social and race/ethnic inequalities in health. The study of neighborhood health effects has …

A best-selling text, Understanding Motor Development: Infants, Children, Adolescents,
Adults provides students and professionals with both an explanatory and a descriptive basis …

CONTEXT: Epidemiologists and public health researchers are studying neighborhood's
effect on individual health. The health of older adults may be more influenced by their …

Background Health interventions aimed at facilitating connectedness among seniors have
recently gained traction, seeing as social connectedness is increasingly being recognized …

Objectives. We studied whether park size, number of features in the park, and distance to a
park from participants' homes were related to a park being used for physical activity …

Previous reviews on children, adolescents and adults have reported consistent relationships
between several physical environmental characteristics and physical activity (PA). This …

Research on physical activity (PA) has expanded in recent years to examine environmental
influences that enhance or limit the opportunities people have to be active. The purpose of …

On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more “age-
friendly”, an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization launched its global Age …