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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"neighborhood environment"”.
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Neighborhood environment and physical activity
… active people in the population. The interest in environmental determinants of physical activity has been rapidly increasing over the past few years. However, a majority of the previous literature concerns studies from North America and Australia, and it has often been based on self-reported …
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The Role of Self-efficacy, Social Support, and Neighborhood Environment in Exercise Behavior of Middle-aged Women
… few researches that have examined the potential environment and policy correlates of exercise behavior in Korea. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and the correlates of exercise behavior of middle-aged women from intrapersonal, interpersonal, and …
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Ecological Influences on Dietary Behavior: The Interaction Between Person and Neighborhood Environment in a Low-SES, Hispanic Community
… ecology of food choice. Literature suggests that environment and exposure can predict food-related health risk behaviors and health outcomes. The objective of this dissertation was to conceptualize and carry out a series of pilot studies relative to the refinement of nutrition ecological issues, …
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Examining Park Use In Financially Disadvantaged, Rural Communities
… were to: (1) document park use and park and neighborhood environments in six parks located in financially disadvantaged, rural communities in South Carolina, (2) examine how park characteristics were associated with park use, and (3) examine the impact of an awareness campaign on park use. …
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Property management practices of federally assisted multifamily housing in Virginia: a comparison of nonprofit-owned with government- and for-profit-owned housing
… , property manager's qualifications, and neighborhood environment. Independent t-tests and a multiple regression analysis, respectively, were used. The population consisted of public housing and Section 8 nonprofit- and for-profit-owned, project-based properties in Virginia (197 properties …
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The Effects of the Physical Environment on Physical Activity of Older Adults
… The evidence to date suggests that the built environment, specifically walkable neighborhoods and features, is associated with physical activity among all ages. This study examined the associations between environmental walkability and physical activity levels of older adults, and compared the …
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Increasing Equitable Food Access Within Food Deserts in Urban Areas: A Case Study of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… The locations of food deserts, or unhealthy food environments, correspond to areas with the highest proportions of minority residents, populations suffering from higher rates of many chronic conditions, including obesity and diabetes. As well, food deserts tend to be located in areas with higher …
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Achieving the Telos of Living Well Together
… involves fostering living conditions and environments that enable people to realize and maintain healthy lifestyles (WHO, 2010). It is well established that integration into community life is important to well-being among individuals with mental disorders (Davidson et al., 2001; Gulcer et …
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Rethinking Food Deserts: the practice and politics of food access
… on the supply of healthy foods into low income neighborhoods. However, this research has been founded on several questionable assumptions: that supermarkets are the best proxies for healthy food access, that access is best measured based on an individuals' place of residence, and that Euclidean …
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Classifying Sidewalk Materials Using Multi-Modal Data
… requires a comprehensive understanding of their neighborhood environment. Our user study reveals that materials and objects on sidewalks play a crucial role in navigation tasks. Unfortunately, current methods for assessing sidewalk materials are suboptimal, often relying on labor-intensive and …
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Individual, home and neighborhood factors related to childhood obesity intervention
… influenced by broader social, geographic and environmental factors. A social ecological framework that is transdisciplinary is needed to address individual-level influences and choices that lead to energy imbalance, but also to address the complex interactions among home and neighborhood …
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Independent Living Retirement Facilities: The Effect of Push and Pull Factors on Residential Satisfaction
… that cause adults to re-examine their living environments. As people age, this reassessment continues, and alternative housing options may be considered. One housing option that is available to older adults is an independent living retirement facility. The purpose of this study was to examine …
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Characterization of manganese oxide coated porous carbon aerogel to isolate the effects of electro-less deposition time, li+ -ion exchange, and heat treatment on ion selectivity and specific capacitance
… varied mainly in educational background and neighborhood environment. Either group was presented with a task of using two different types of filters (a granular filter and sand filter) to ‘clean’ contaminated water. This involved a presentation on the overview of water filtration and the …
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Peer and school externalizing behaviors among early adolescents: an ecological systems analysis
… and ease of making friends (microsystem), neighborhood safety (exosystem), and religious involvement (macrosystem) will be associated with a later decrease in peer and school externalizing behaviors. This study also tested several moderators. Positive teacher-student relationships will be …
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Social Capital and Mental Health among Chinese Older Adults
… adults was derived from three levels of social environment---family, community and the macro society. Older adults who relied heavily on family-level social capital may be constrained in their capacity to seek resources and social supports outside their immediate family. The physical community …
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Three Essays on Labor and Public Economics
… of survival, and the impact of exposure to neighborhood crime on school absenteeism, respectively.</p> <p>The first chapter studies the labor market effects of a wage subsidy introduced in Colombia's First Job Act. It exploits changes in the labor earnings distribution to measure how the …
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Street design, traffic, and fear of crime : moving from gated communities to transit villages
… perspectives of their relationships to their neighborhoods, transit, and the form of the city. If there is a way to ameliorate residents' fears of crime and achieve the sought-after benefits of gated developments while facilitating more connective pedestrian-oriented transit-supportive …