@article{19fe8cbdafaf4aedb47273fe8fedeb7f,
title = "Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN adult study",
abstract = "The study's purpose was to examine age, gender, and education as potential moderators of the associations of perceived neighborhood environment variables with accelerometer-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Data were from 7273 adults from 16 sites (11 countries) that were part of a coordinated multi-country cross-sectional study. Age moderated the associations of perceived crime safety, and perceiving no major physical barriers to walking, with MVPA: positive associations were only found in older adults. Perceived land use mix-access was linearly (positive) associated with MVPA in men, and curvilinearly in women. Perceived crime safety was related to MVPA only in women. No moderating relationships were found for education. Overall the associations of adults' perceptions of environmental attributes with MVPA were largely independent of the socio-demographic factors examined. These findings are encouraging, suggesting that efforts to optimize the perceived built and social environment may act in a socially-equitable manner to facilitate MVPA.",
keywords = "Environmental health, Exercise, Health policy, Multilevel modeling, Public health, Residence Characteristics, Age Factors, United States, Humans, Middle Aged, Male, Educational Status, Young Adult, China, Thiazoles, Adult, Female, Surveys and Questionnaires, Accelerometry/instrumentation, Health Policy, Environmental Health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Europe, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, New Zealand, Adolescent, Sex Factors, Aged",
author = "{Van Dyck}, Delfien and Ester Cerin and {De Bourdeaudhuij}, Ilse and Deborah Salvo and Christiansen, {Lars Breum} and MacFarlane, {Duncan J.} and Neville Owen and Josef Mit{\'a}{\v s} and Jens Troelsen and Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso and Rachel DAVEY and Reis, {Rodrigo S.} and Sarmiento, {Olga L.} and Grant Schofield and Terry Conway and Sallis, {James F.}",
note = "Funding Information: All authors declare financial support for the submitted work from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. US data collection and Coordinating Center processing was supported by the following NIH Grants: R01 HL67350 (NHLBI) and R01 CA127296 (NCI). Data collection in Hong Kong was supported by the grants ( #HKU740907H and #747807H ) and the HKU URC Strategic Research Theme (Public Health). The study conducted in Bogota was funded by Colciencias grant 519 2010 , Fogarty and Center in Complex-Systems, Basic and Applied Research at the Universidad de los Andes (CeiBA). The contributions of Neville Owen were supported by a NHMRC Program Grant ( #569940 ), a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship ( #1003960 ), and by the Victorian Government 's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The Danish study was partly funded by the Municipality of Aarhus . Data collection in the Czech Republic was supported by the grant MEYS (# MSM 6198959221 ). Data collection in New Zealand was supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand Grant # 07/356 . Data collection in Mexico was supported by the CDC Foundation which received an unrestricted training grant from The Coca-Cola Company . Data collected for the UK was in part funded by the Medical Research Council (NPRI Initiative), Grant number: 75376 . Olga L. Sarmiento received a research grant from the Coca Cola Company outside of submitted work. Delfien Van Dyck is funded by the Research Foundation Flanders , outside of submitted work. James F. Sallis received grants and personal fees from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation outside of submitted work, grants and non-financial support from Nick, Inc. outside of submitted work, is a Santech, Inc. shareholder and is a consultant and receiver of royalties from SPARK Programs of School Specialty, Inc. The results of the present study do not constitute endorsement by the ACSM. The funding bodies had no input in study design and the collection, analysis and interpretation of data and the writing of the article and the decision to submit it for publication. All authors are independent from the funding bodies. Funding Information: Dr. James Sallis is the principal investigator on the IPEN coordinating grant funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Ethics Committee approval for the lead grant was obtained from Dr. Sallis' institution, the University of California, San Diego, Institutional Review Board (Biomedical Committee) and San Diego State University. Additionally, as a requirement for participation in the IPEN study, all 12 countries providing data obtained approval from the Ethics Committee at each principal investigator's home institution. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Ltd.",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.007",
language = "English",
volume = "36",
pages = "65--73",
journal = "Health and Place",
issn = "1353-8292",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
}