Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
BMC Public Health
Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research article

Neighborhood environment correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Latino adults in Massachusetts

Authors: Valerie J. Silfee, Milagros C. Rosal, Meera Sreedhara, Vilma Lora, Stephenie C. Lemon

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2016

Login to get access

Abstract

Background

U.S. Latinos experience high rates of cardio-metabolic diseases and have high rates of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior. Understanding the environmental factors associated with physical activity and sedentary behaviors among Latinos could inform future interventions. The purpose of this study is to explore the neighborhood environment correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior in a sample of U.S. Latino adults.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of 602 Latino adults in Lawrence, MA. Survey assessments of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and neighborhood environment were verbally administered. The neighborhood environment scale assessed violence, safety, aesthetic quality, walkability, availability of healthy foods, social cohesion, and activities with neighbors.

Results

After controlling forage, gender, education, body mass index (BMI), and smoking status, two variables were associated with the outcomes of interest. Living in more walkable neighborhoods was associated with an increased likelihood of engaging in adequate levels of physical activity (>150 min per week, as recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)) (OR = 1.403, p = .018); and greater frequency of activities with neighbors was associated with greater sedentary behavior (β = .072, p = .05).

Conclusions

There were different neighborhood environment correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior in this Latino community. Focusing on a greater understanding of the distinct social and physical environmental correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior may provide important insights for reducing CVD risk and health disparities among Latinos.
Literature
1.
Blair SN, et al. Influences of cardiorespiratory fitness and other precursors on cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in men and women. Jama. 1996;276(3):205–10.CrossRefPubMed
2.
Mozaffarian D, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: a report from the american heart association. Circulation. 2015;131(4):e29.CrossRefPubMed
3.
Wang Y, Beydoun MA. The obesity epidemic in the United States—gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Epidemiol Rev. 2007;29(1):6–28.CrossRefPubMed
4.
5.
6.
7.
Proper KI, et al. Sedentary behaviors and health outcomes among adults: a systematic review of prospective studies. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40(2):174–82.CrossRefPubMed
8.
Dunstan D, et al. Television viewing time and mortality the australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle study (AusDiab). Circulation. 2010;121(3):384–91.CrossRefPubMed
9.
10.
Qi Q, et al. Sedentary Behavior and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among US Hispanic/Latino Adults: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Circulation. 2015;131 Suppl 1:A36.
11.
Mujahid MS, et al. Assessing the measurement properties of neighborhood scales: from psychometrics to ecometrics. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;165(8):858–67.CrossRefPubMed
12.
13.
Roux AVD. Residential environments and cardiovascular risk. J Urban Health. 2003;80(4):569–89.CrossRef
14.
McAlister AL, Perry CL, Parcel GS. How individuals, environments, and health behaviors interact: social cognitive theory. In: Viswanath K, editor. Health behavior and health education: theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2008. p. 170–88.
15.
Davison KK, Lawson CT. Do attributes in the physical environment influence children’s physical activity? A review of the literature. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006;3(1):19.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
16.
Bauman AE, et al. Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not? Lancet. 2012;380(9838):258–71.CrossRefPubMed
17.
Wang Y, et al. A review on the effects of physical built environment attributes on enhancing walking and cycling activity levels within residential neighborhoods. Cities. 2016;50:1–15.CrossRef
18.
19.
Moudon AV, et al. Operational definitions of walkable neighborhood: theoretical and empirical insights. J Phys Act Health. 2006;3:S99.CrossRef
20.
Voorhees CC, Young DR. Personal, social, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity levels in urban Latinas. Am J Prev Med. 2003;25(3):61–8.CrossRefPubMed
21.
Mama SK, et al. Individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity in overweight and obese African American and Hispanic women: A structural equation model analysis. Preventive Med Report. 2015;2:57–64.CrossRef
22.
Lee RE, et al. Multiple measures of physical activity, dietary habits and weight status in African American and Hispanic or Latina Women. J Community Health. 2011;36(6):1011–23.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
23.
Evenson KR, et al. Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in North Carolina Latina immigrants. Am J Prev Med. 2003;25(3):77–85.CrossRefPubMed
24.
Koohsari MJ, et al. Neighborhood environmental attributes and adults’ sedentary behaviors: Review and research agenda. Prev Med. 2015;77:141–9.CrossRefPubMed
25.
Owen N, et al. Adults’ sedentary behavior determinants and interventions. Am J Prev Med. 2011;41(2):189–96.CrossRefPubMed
26.
Sugiyama T, et al. Neighborhood Walkability and TV Viewing Time Among Australian Adults. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33(6):444–9.CrossRefPubMed
27.
Frank LD, et al. Stepping towards causation: do built environments or neighborhood and travel preferences explain physical activity, driving, and obesity? Soc Sci Med. 2007;65(9):1898–914.CrossRefPubMed
28.
Van Dyck D, et al. Neighborhood walkability and sedentary time in Belgian adults. Am J Prev Med. 2010;39(1):25–32.CrossRefPubMed
29.
Lee RE, Mama SK, Adamus-Leach HJ. Neighborhood street scale elements, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in inactive ethnic minority women. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51081.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
30.
Johnson-Kozlow M, et al. Validation of the WHI brief physical activity questionnaire among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Am J Health Behav. 2007;31(2):193–202.CrossRefPubMed
31.
Rosenberg DE, et al. Reliability and validity of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) for adults. J Phys Act Health. 2010;7(6):697–705.CrossRefPubMed
32.
Unger E, et al. Association of neighborhood characteristics with cardiovascular health in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2014;7(4):524–31.PubMedPubMedCentral
33.
Bandura, A. Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc; 1986.
34.
Sallis JF, Bauman A, Pratt M. Environmental and policy interventions to promote physical activity. Am J Prev Med. 1998;15(4):379–97.CrossRefPubMed
35.
Eyler AA, et al. Physical activity and minority women: a qualitative study. Health Educ Behav. 1998;25(5):640–52.CrossRefPubMed
36.
Welk GJ. Physical activity assessments for health-related research. Champaign: Human Kinetics; 2002.
37.
Pettee GK, et al. Evaluation of physical activity measures used in middle-aged women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009;41(7):1403–12.CrossRef
38.
Hayden-Wade HA, et al. Validation of the telephone and in-person interview versions of the 7-day PAR. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003;35(5):801–9.CrossRefPubMed
39.
Timperio A, Salmon J, Crawford D. Validity and reliability of a physical activity recall instrument among overweight and non-overweight men and women. J Sci Med Sport. 2003;6(4):477–91.CrossRefPubMed
40.
Hamilton MT, et al. Too little exercise and too much sitting: inactivity physiology and the need for new recommendations on sedentary behavior. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Report. 2008;2(4):292–8.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Neighborhood environment correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Latino adults in Massachusetts
Authors
Valerie J. Silfee
Milagros C. Rosal
Meera Sreedhara
Vilma Lora
Stephenie C. Lemon
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3650-4

Other articles of this Issue 1/2016

BMC Public Health 1/2016 Go to the issue

Research article

The descriptive epidemiology of total physical activity, muscle-strengthening exercises and sedentary behaviour among Australian adults – results from the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey

Study protocol

A randomized controlled trial for families with preschool children - promoting healthy eating and active playtime by connecting to nature

Research article

Resilience, tipping, and hydra effects in public health: emergent collective behavior in two agent-based models

Research article

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?: a mixed methods study on causal mechanisms through which cash and in-kind food transfers decreased intimate partner violence

Study protocol

Research protocol for an epidemiological study on estimating disease burden of pediatric HIV in Belgaum district, India

Research article

Prevalence of percutaneous injuries and associated factors among health care workers in Hawassa referral and adare District hospitals, Hawassa, Ethiopia, January 2014