Age-friendly features in home and community and the self-reported health and functional limitation of older adults: The role of supportive environments

YJ Choi - Journal of Urban Health, 2020 - Springer
This study aims to identify age-friendly community features that are associated with better
health for older adults. This cross-sectional study utilized the 2015 AARP Age-Friendly …

Psycho-social correlates of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among older adults: a multivariate analysis

S Lee, C Lee, J An - European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, 2020 - Springer
Background Still, a considerable number of older adults hardly meet the daily physical
activity recommendation. The current study examined how the elderly's attitudinal and …

Association of psychosocial and perceived environmental factors with park-based physical activity among elderly in two cities in China and Germany

P Wagner, YP Duan, R Zhang, H Wulff, W Brehm - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Urban parks play an important role in promoting physical activity (PA) among
adults and especially among older city residents. According to the socioecological approach …

The role of prosocial behavior in promoting physical activity, as an indicator of resilience, in a low-income neighborhood

QL Moore, C Kulesza, R Kimbro, D Flores… - Behavioral …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of prosocial behavior on physical
activity, as an indicator of resilience, in a low-income neighborhood with adverse built …

Why some walk and others don't: neighborhood safety and the sociodemographic variation effect on walking for leisure and transportation

Z Aliyas - Journal of public health management and practice, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The study was aimed at assessing the association of all components of safety
(crime, traffic, social, and physical) and general safety with walking for leisure and …

Methods and rationale to assess the efficacy of a parenting intervention targeting diet improvement and substance use prevention among Latinx adolescents

S Vega-López, FF Marsiglia, S Ayers… - Contemporary clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Latinx adolescents are at higher risk for chronic diseases relative to adolescents of other
ethnic groups, in part because of their lack of adherence to diet recommendations and their …

The diverging impacts of segregation on obesity risk by nativity and neighborhood poverty among Hispanic Americans

DP Do, R Frank - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2020 - Springer
While racial residential segregation is frequently cited as a fundamental cause of racial
health disparities, its health impacts for Hispanic Americans remain unclear. We argue that …

Sleep disturbance as a moderator of the association between physical activity and later pain onset among American adults aged 50 and over: evidence from the …

D Whibley, HM Guyer, LM Swanson, TJ Braley… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine whether sleep disturbance modifies the association between physical
activity and incident pain. Design Prospective population-based study. Setting Health and …

[HTML][HTML] Immigrant and ethnic neighbourhood concentration and reduced child developmental vulnerability: A Canadian cohort study

DN McRae, N Muhajarine, M Janus… - … Journal of Population …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Testing a variety of neighbourhood factors, including immigrant or ethnic
concentration and characteristics of structural disadvantage (proportion of social assistance …

Perceived neighborhood environment associated with older adults' walking and positive affect: Results from the health and retirement study

S Lee - Journal of aging and physical activity, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
The current study examined how a perceived neighborhood environment was associated
with older adults' walking activity and the experience of positive affect. Study sample …