Examining the impacts of public transit on healthy aging through a natural experiment: study protocols and lessons learned from the Active El Paso project

Examining the impacts of public transit on healthy aging through a natural experiment: study protocols and lessons learned from the Active El Paso project

This paper describes protocols and experiences from a seven-year natural-experiment study in El Paso, Texas, a border city of predominantly Latino/Hispanic population. The study focuses on how Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) impacts physical activity and thus plays a role in alleviating obesity and related...

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Main Authors: Wei Li, Chanam Lee, Sinan Zhong, Minjie Xu, Samuel D. Towne Jr, Xuemei Zhu, Sungmin Lee, Suojin Wang, Rafael Aldrete, Eufemia B. Garcia, Leah Whigham, Ashley M. Toney, Jorge Ibarra, Marcia G. Ory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
natural experiment
healthy aging
public transit
obesity
physical activity
public health
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1132190/full

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