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Active Community Environments and Health: The Relationship of Walkable and Safe Communities to Individual Health

Doyle, Scott, Kelly-Schwartz, Alexia, Schlossberg, Marc, Stockard, Jean·2006·Journal of the American Planning Association
DOI 10.1080/01944360608976721
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The literature suggests that individuals will be healthier if they live in Active Community Environments that promote exercise and activity. Two key elements of such environments are walkability and safety. Examining data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1994 and using a multilevel analysis, we found that individuals who live in counties that are more walkable and have lower crime rates tended to walk more and to have lower body mass indices (BMIs) than people in less walk-able and more crime-prone areas, even after controlling for a variety of individual variables related to health. Among lifelong residents of an area, lesser walk-ability and more crime were also associated with respondents reporting weight-related chronic illness and lower ratings of their own health. The effect of high crime rates was substantially stronger for women than for men, and taking this interaction into account eliminated gender differences in walking, BMI, weight-related chronic conditions, and self-reported poor health. The results suggest that to promote activity and health, planners should consider community walkability, crime prevention, and safety.

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Authors
Doyle, S., Kelly-Schwartz, A., Schlossberg, M., & Stockard, J.
Venue
Journal of the American Planning Association
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-03-31
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
19-31
ISSN
  • 0194-4363 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0130
DOI
10.1080/01944360608976721
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310
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37
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40.62
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journal article
Language
en
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Doyle, S., Kelly-Schwartz, A., Schlossberg, M., & Stockard, J. (2006). Active Community Environments and Health: The Relationship of Walkable and Safe Communities to Individual Health. Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944360608976721

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