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Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women
BACKGROUND: Proper levels of physical activity (PA) are important to healthy aging. Little is known about racial differences in influences of neighborhood perceptions (NP) on PA and use of neighborhood resources among community-dwelling older women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 2014 and 2015, 49 white...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2017.2.149 |
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author | Li, Wenjun Procter-Gray, Elizabeth Youssef, Gretchen A. Crouter, Scott E. Cheng, Jie Brown, Kristen Churchill, Linda Clarke, Anthony Ockene, Judith K. Magee, Michelle F. |
author_facet | Li, Wenjun Procter-Gray, Elizabeth Youssef, Gretchen A. Crouter, Scott E. Cheng, Jie Brown, Kristen Churchill, Linda Clarke, Anthony Ockene, Judith K. Magee, Michelle F. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Proper levels of physical activity (PA) are important to healthy aging. Little is known about racial differences in influences of neighborhood perceptions (NP) on PA and use of neighborhood resources among community-dwelling older women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 2014 and 2015, 49 white and 44 black women of age 65 and older living in Washington, DC were queried about their PA, NP, use of neighborhood resources and sociodemographic characteristics. They wore an accelerometer and a Global Positioning System device concurrently for 7 consecutive days. Data were analyzed by race. RESULTS: Compared to Whites, Blacks had lower NP scores (71% positive vs. 77%, p = 0.01), lower mean daily step counts (mean (SD): 3256 (1918) vs. 5457 (2989), p < 0.001), and lower frequencies of all exercise activities combined (19.7 (8.7) vs. 25.2 (11.8) per week, p = 0.01). For both Whites and Blacks, better NPs were associated with more frequent PA both at (p = 0.05) and away from home (p = 0.01). However, better NPs were associated with higher frequencies of exercise activities, moderate-to-high intensity activities, and utilitarian walking for Whites but not Blacks (p < 0.05 for race-perception interaction terms). CONCLUSIONS: In an urban setting, older Black women were more likely than older White women to have poor NPs, less PA, and weaker or no association of positive NPs with higher levels of certain PAs. Such substantial racial differences warrant further investigation and consideration in health promotion programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-56510872017-10-22 Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women Li, Wenjun Procter-Gray, Elizabeth Youssef, Gretchen A. Crouter, Scott E. Cheng, Jie Brown, Kristen Churchill, Linda Clarke, Anthony Ockene, Judith K. Magee, Michelle F. AIMS Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Proper levels of physical activity (PA) are important to healthy aging. Little is known about racial differences in influences of neighborhood perceptions (NP) on PA and use of neighborhood resources among community-dwelling older women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 2014 and 2015, 49 white and 44 black women of age 65 and older living in Washington, DC were queried about their PA, NP, use of neighborhood resources and sociodemographic characteristics. They wore an accelerometer and a Global Positioning System device concurrently for 7 consecutive days. Data were analyzed by race. RESULTS: Compared to Whites, Blacks had lower NP scores (71% positive vs. 77%, p = 0.01), lower mean daily step counts (mean (SD): 3256 (1918) vs. 5457 (2989), p < 0.001), and lower frequencies of all exercise activities combined (19.7 (8.7) vs. 25.2 (11.8) per week, p = 0.01). For both Whites and Blacks, better NPs were associated with more frequent PA both at (p = 0.05) and away from home (p = 0.01). However, better NPs were associated with higher frequencies of exercise activities, moderate-to-high intensity activities, and utilitarian walking for Whites but not Blacks (p < 0.05 for race-perception interaction terms). CONCLUSIONS: In an urban setting, older Black women were more likely than older White women to have poor NPs, less PA, and weaker or no association of positive NPs with higher levels of certain PAs. Such substantial racial differences warrant further investigation and consideration in health promotion programs. AIMS Press 2017-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5651087/ /pubmed/29067289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2017.2.149 Text en © 2017 Wenjun Li, et al., licensee AIMS Press This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Wenjun Procter-Gray, Elizabeth Youssef, Gretchen A. Crouter, Scott E. Cheng, Jie Brown, Kristen Churchill, Linda Clarke, Anthony Ockene, Judith K. Magee, Michelle F. Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title | Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title_full | Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title_fullStr | Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title_short | Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women |
title_sort | racial differences in neighborhood perceptions and their influences on physical activity among urban older women |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5651087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2017.2.149 |
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