Neighborhood environmental factors are related to health-enhancing physical activity and walking among community dwelling older adults in Nigeria

Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje Y.; Kolo, Sanda M.; Omotara, Babatunji A.

doi:10.1080/09593985.2018.1443187

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“…By country, the top country publishing journal papers related to environments and older adults' walking behaviors was the United States (38.6%, 27 papers), followed by Hong Kong (11.4%, 8), Belgium (8.6%, 6), Canada (7.1%, 5), and the United Kingdom (5.7%, 4). Although the majority of journal papers were published in the US, it is noteworthy to mention that recently published papers came from other countries such as Nigeria, in Africa [27]; Korea [28], Singapore [25,29], and Taiwan [30] in Asia; Portugal [31] and Spain [32] in Europe; and Brazil [33][34][35] and Columbia [36] in South America. Almost all studies (95.7%, 67 out of 70) were cross-sectional, only three studies (4.3%) were longitudinal, and all the longitudinal studies were conducted in the United States [37][38][39].…”

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“…The rest of the studies were completed in mixed density areas or the densities were unknown [31,40,41]. To be more specific, all African and South American studies [27,[33][34][35][36] were performed in urban areas but studies on other continents were conducted in mixed density settings. The two studies in rural areas were only conducted in Asia (Japan [42] and Korea [28]).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Among the 70 studies, 27 studies (38.6%) did not use stratified sampling methods. Stratification by walkability and SES were used in Africa [27], Asia [48][49][50][51][52][53][54], Europe [55][56][57][58], and North America [59][60][61][62][63][64]. In the individual selection for sampling procedures, two-thirds of the studies randomly selected participants.…”

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Environmental Factors Associated with Older Adult’s Walking Behaviors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

Yun

2019

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The aim of this study is to systematically review the relationship between neighborhood environments and all types of walking behaviors among older adults. Seventy peer-reviewed journal articles which met the selection criteria were examined. Research designs were summarized by geographical location and the associations of environmental characteristics and walking were calculated. Interactions between moderators and environmental characteristics for all types of walking were also categorized. Results have shown that transport walking is the most supported by neighborhood environmental characteristics. The positively related environmental characteristics are walkability, urbanization, land use mix-diversity and accessibility, walking amenities, and bicycle lanes. Total walking was positively associated with walkability and urbanization. Recreational walking was associated with neighborhood employment/income level, nearness to public transport/bus stops, and social cohesion. The most commonly used moderators were age and gender, but inconsistent moderating effects between neighborhood environments and walking were also found. In densely populated environments such as Hong Kong, older adults walked mostly for both transport and recreation. In contrast, American older adults in low density areas walked less for transport and more for recreation. Findings support a strong relationship between neighborhood environments and older adults’ walking. Future research should focus on longitudinal studies and comparison studies by geographic location.

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Section: Summary Of Selected Studies By Geographical Regionmentioning

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Section: Summary Of Selected Studies By Geographical Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Summary Of Selected Studies By Geographical Regionmentioning

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Environmental Factors Associated with Older Adult’s Walking Behaviors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

Yun

2019

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“…21% had an e-bike, and 8% had a moped. Tables 2 and 3 Especially at night, green spaces can be used for criminal activities [42,43], and people prefer not to walk in insecure areas [13,44]. Residential building density, which is correlated with population density [24], was positively associated with recreational and transportation walking, as also found by [11,45]…”

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“…Built environment factors include land use diversity and urban design features, such as street connectivity, building density, and accessibility. While a few studies found positive associations between walking and land-use diversity, design (street density and intersections), and access to recreational and commercial places [10][11][12], other environmental characteristics (e.g., traffic noise and risk) were reported to be inversely correlated with walking [13,14].…”

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Objective environmental exposures correlate differently with recreational and transportation walking: A cross-sectional national study in the Netherlands

Wang

Ettema

Helbich

2020

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Background Walking is a good and simple way to increase people’s energy expenditure, but there is limited evidence whether the neighborhood environment correlates differently with recreational and transportation walking. Aim To investigate how recreational walking and transportation walking are associated with the natural and built environmental characteristics of the living environment in the Netherlands, and examine the differences in their associations between weekdays and weekends. Method and data We extracted the total duration of daily walking (in minutes per person) for recreation and transport from the Dutch National Travel Survey 2015-2017 (N=66,880) and analyzed it as an outcome variable. Objective measures of the natural (i.e., Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and meteorological conditions) and built environment (i.e., crossing density, land-use mix, and residential building density) around respondents’ home addresses were determined for buffers with 300, 600, and 1,000 m radii using a geographic information system. To assess associations between recreational and transport walking and the environmental exposures separately, we fitted Tobit regression models to the walking data, adjusted for multiple confounders. Results On weekdays, people living in areas with less NDVI, higher land-use mix, higher residential building density, and higher crossing density were more likely to engage in transportation walking. While recreational walking was negatively associated with NDVI, crossing density, precipitation, and daily average temperature, it was positively associated with residential building density. At weekends, land-use mix supports both recreational and transportation walking. A negative association appeared for NDVI and transportation walking. Daily average rainfall and temperature were inversely correlated with recreational walking. Sensitivity tests indicated that some associations depend on the buffer size. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the built and natural environments have different impacts on people’s recreational and transportation walking. We also found differences in the walking–environment associations between weekdays and weekends. Place-based policies to design walking-friendly neighborhoods may have different implications for different types of walking.

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Leisure Activities and Recreation Facilities in Nigeria: Implications for Wholesome Community Health

Balogun

2021

World Sustainability Series

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Neighborhood environmental factors are related to health-enhancing physical activity and walking among community dwelling older adults in Nigeria

Cited by 40 publications

References 28 publications

Environmental Factors Associated with Older Adult’s Walking Behaviors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

Environmental Factors Associated with Older Adult’s Walking Behaviors: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

Objective environmental exposures correlate differently with recreational and transportation walking: A cross-sectional national study in the Netherlands

Leisure Activities and Recreation Facilities in Nigeria: Implications for Wholesome Community Health

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