Assessing the influence of the built environment on physical activity for utility and recreation in suburban metro Vancouver

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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorSchuurman, Nadine
dc.contributor.authorHall, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T17:51:03Z
dc.date.available2014-03-19T17:51:03Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-12-30
dc.descriptionBioMed Centralen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Physical inactivity and associated co-morbidities such as obesity and cardiovascular disease are estimated to have large societal costs. There is increasing interest in examining the role of the built environment in shaping patterns of physical activity. However, few studies have: (1) simultaneously examined physical activity for leisure and utility; (2) selected study areas with a range of built environment characteristics; and (3) assessed the built environment using high-resolution land use data. Methods: Data on individuals used for this study are from a survey of 1602 adults in selected sites across suburban Metro Vancouver. Four types of physical activity were assessed: walking to work/school, walking for errands, walking for leisure and moderate physical activity for exercise. The built environment was assessed by constructing one-kilometre road network buffers around each respondent’s postal code. Measures of the built environment include terciles of recreational and park land, residential land, institutional land, commercial land and land use mix. Results: Logistic regression analyses showed that walking to work/school and moderate physical activity were not associated with any built environment measure. Living in areas with lower land use mix, lower commercial and lower recreational land increased the odds of low levels of walking for errands. Individuals living in the lower third of land use mix and institutional land were more likely to report low levels of walking for leisure. Conclusions: These results suggest that walking for errands and leisure have a greater association with the built environment than other dimensions of physical activity.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was made possible through the support of a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) (# 149353) and a grant from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOliver et al.: Assessing the influence of the built environment on physical activity for utility and recreation in suburban metro Vancouver. BMC Public Health 2011 11:959.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/959
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-959
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5199
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Health Education and Research
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Public Health and Social Policy
dc.titleAssessing the influence of the built environment on physical activity for utility and recreation in suburban metro Vancouveren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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