Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to the inconsistent findings of prior studies, we explored the association of perceived safety and police-recorded crime measures with physical activity.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study included 818 Chicag...
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| author | Evenson Kelly R Block Richard Roux Ana V McGinn Aileen P Wen Fang Rodríguez Daniel A |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to the inconsistent findings of prior studies, we explored the association of perceived safety and police-recorded crime measures with physical activity.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study included 818 Chicago participants of the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis 45 to 84 years of age. Questionnaire-assessed physical activity included a) transport walking; b) leisure walking; and c) non-walking leisure activities. Perceived safety was assessed through an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Police-recorded crime was assessed through 2-year counts of selected crimes (total and outdoor incivilities, criminal offenses, homicides) per 1000 population. Associations were examined using generalized estimating equation logistic regression models.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Perceiving a safer neighborhood was positively associated with transport walking and perceiving lower violence was associated with leisure walking. Those in the lowest tertile of total or outdoor incivilities were more likely to report transport walking. Models with both perceived safety and police-recorded measures of crime as independent variables had superior fit for both transport walking and leisure walking outcomes. Neither perceived safety nor police-recorded measures of crime were associated with non-walking leisure activity.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Perceived and police-recorded measures had independent associations with walking and both should be considered in assessing the impact of neighborhood crime on physical activity.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f16169d7ee3448d4a45fe52978922c422022-12-22T01:22:57ZengBMCInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity1479-58682012-12-019114610.1186/1479-5868-9-146Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisEvenson Kelly RBlock RichardRoux Ana VMcGinn Aileen PWen FangRodríguez Daniel A<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to the inconsistent findings of prior studies, we explored the association of perceived safety and police-recorded crime measures with physical activity.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study included 818 Chicago participants of the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis 45 to 84 years of age. Questionnaire-assessed physical activity included a) transport walking; b) leisure walking; and c) non-walking leisure activities. Perceived safety was assessed through an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Police-recorded crime was assessed through 2-year counts of selected crimes (total and outdoor incivilities, criminal offenses, homicides) per 1000 population. Associations were examined using generalized estimating equation logistic regression models.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Perceiving a safer neighborhood was positively associated with transport walking and perceiving lower violence was associated with leisure walking. Those in the lowest tertile of total or outdoor incivilities were more likely to report transport walking. Models with both perceived safety and police-recorded measures of crime as independent variables had superior fit for both transport walking and leisure walking outcomes. Neither perceived safety nor police-recorded measures of crime were associated with non-walking leisure activity.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Perceived and police-recorded measures had independent associations with walking and both should be considered in assessing the impact of neighborhood crime on physical activity.</p>http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/146CrimeEnvironmentGeographic Information SystemsLeisure activitiesPhysical activitySafetySocial environmentWalking |
| spellingShingle | Evenson Kelly R Block Richard Roux Ana V McGinn Aileen P Wen Fang Rodríguez Daniel A Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Crime Environment Geographic Information Systems Leisure activities Physical activity Safety Social environment Walking |
| title | Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| title_full | Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| title_fullStr | Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| title_short | Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
| title_sort | associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police recorded crime the multi ethnic study of atherosclerosis |
| topic | Crime Environment Geographic Information Systems Leisure activities Physical activity Safety Social environment Walking |
| url | http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/146 |
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