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Correspondence of directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes and physical activity adoption among African American and Hispanic or Latina Women |
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Lee, Rebecca E. |
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Ethnic minority women report poorer health outcomes and attitudes and are more vulnerable to overweight and /or obesity compared to Caucasian women . Epidemiological studies and ecologic models of health behavior suggest that built environmental factors are associated with health behaviors , like physical activity (PA ) , that can help to prevent obesity and its many comorbidities . Despite growth and development in this field of research , many questions remain about the relationship between the built environment and perceptions about the built environment , and whether accurate perceptions are important for PA adoption . The objectives of the study were (1 ) to measure the concordance of directly measured and indirectly measured neighborhood attributes and (2 ) to determine the correlates of the concordance between directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes among separate samples of African American and Hispanic or Latina women (3 ) to determine whether there is an association between concordance and PA adoption among African American and Hispanic or Latina women . Community dwelling African American and Hispanic or Latina women participating in an ongoing HIP study self -reported their environmental perceptions at baseline (T1 ) . In order to assess longitudinal PA levels and explore ethnic differences of neighborhood perceptions , we compared objectively measured neighborhood attributes with self -reported neighborhood attributes for African American and Hispanic or Latina women . Participants’ (N=409 ) average BMI was classified as obese (M BMI=34 .5 kg /m2 , SD=7 .9 ) and the mean body fat percentage was 42 .8 % (SD=7 .1 ) . BMI , body fat percentage , PA and ethnicity were not significantly associated with any built environment attribute , and no multinomial regression model significantly predicted indirectly measured built environment attributes . Repeated measures analyses suggested no significant relationships between any built environment attribute concordance value and PA adoption for total self -reported or objectively measured PA . Self -reported PA significantly increased over time (F (1 ,184 )=7 .82 , p= .006 ) , and this increase did not vary by ethnicity or any built environment attribute concordance value . Being less familiar with certain built environment attributes may not be associated with PA adoption . In an effort to promote PA , community leaders and investigators must consider the complex associations between built environment attribute concordance and PA adoption , particularly among the vulnerable population of minority women . |
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Correspondence of directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes and physical activity adoption among African American and Hispanic or Latina Women.
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