{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,14]],"date-time":"2026-07-14T20:52:01Z","timestamp":1784062321013,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDP) Public Health Agency of Canada","issue":"6","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]},"abstract":"<sec>\n         <title>Introduction<\/title>\n         <p>The aim of this study was to estimate the associations between neighbourhood\nbuilt environment characteristics and transportation walking (TW), recreational\nwalking (RW), and moderate-intensity (MPA) and vigorous-intensity physical\nactivity (VPA) in adults independent of sociodemographic characteristics and residential\nself-selection (i.e. the reasons related to physical activity associated with a person\u2019s\nchoice of neighbourhood).<\/p>\n       <\/sec>\n       <sec>\n         <title>Methods<\/title>\n         <p>In 2007 and 2008, 4423 Calgary adults completed land-based telephone interviews\ncapturing physical activity, sociodemographic characteristics and reasons for residential\nself-selection. Using spatial data, we estimated population density, proportion of\ngreen space, path\/cycleway length, business density, bus stop density, city-managed\ntree density, sidewalk length, park type mix and recreational destination mix within a\n1.6 km street network distance from the participants\u2019 geolocated residential postal code.\nGeneralized linear models estimated the associations between neighbourhood built\nenvironment characteristics and weekly neighbourhood-based physical activity participation\n(\u2265 10 minutes\/week; odds ratios [ORs]) and, among those who reported participation,\nduration of activity (unstandardized beta coefficients [B]).<\/p>\n       <\/sec>\n       <sec>\n         <title>Results<\/title>\n         <p>The sample included more women (59.7%) than men (40.3%) and the mean\n(standard deviation) age was 47.1 (15.6) years. TW participation was associated with\nintersection (OR = 1.11; 95% CI: 1.03 to 1.20) and business (OR = 1.52; 1.29 to 1.78)\ndensity, and sidewalk length (OR = 1.19; 1.09 to 1.29), while TW minutes was associated\nwith business (B = 19.24 minutes\/week; 11.28 to 27.20) and tree (B = 6.51; 2.29\nto 10.72 minutes\/week) density, and recreational destination mix (B = \u22128.88 minutes\/\nweek; \u221212.49 to \u22125.28). RW participation was associated with path\/cycleway length\n(OR = 1.17; 1.05 to 1.31). MPA participation was associated with recreational destination\nmix (OR = 1.09; 1.01 to 1.17) and sidewalk length (OR = 1.10; 1.02 to 1.19); however,\nMPA minutes was negatively associated with population density (B = \u22128.65 minutes\/\nweek; \u221215.32 to \u22121.98). VPA participation was associated with sidewalk length\n(OR = 1.11; 1.02 to 1.20), path\/cycleway length (OR = 1.12; 1.02 to 1.24) and proportion\nof neighbourhood green space (OR = 0.89; 0.82 to 0.98). VPA minutes was associated\nwith tree density (B = 7.28 minutes\/week; 0.39 to 14.17).<\/p>\n       <\/sec>\n\t   <sec>\n         <title>Conclusion<\/title>\n         <p>Some neighbourhood built environment characteristics appear important\nfor supporting physical activity participation while others may be more supportive of\nincreasing physical activity duration. Modifications that increase the density of utilitarian\ndestinations and the quantity of available sidewalks in established neighbourhoods\ncould increase overall levels of neighbourhood-based physical activity.<\/p>\n       <\/sec>","DOI":"10.24095\/hpcdp.37.6.01","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,12]],"date-time":"2017-06-12T10:01:27Z","timestamp":1497261687000},"page":"175-185","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Neighbourhood built environment characteristics associated with different types of physical activity in Canadian adults"],"prefix":"10.24095","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Gavin R.","family":"McCormack","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"10188","container-title":["Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/reports-publications\/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice\/vol-37-no-6-2017\/neighbourhood-built-environment-characteristics-associated-with-different-types-physical-activity-canadian-adults.html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,6]],"date-time":"2017-12-06T14:41:39Z","timestamp":1512571299000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/reports-publications\/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice\/vol-37-no-6-2017\/neighbourhood-built-environment-characteristics-associated-with-different-types-physical-activity-canadian-adults.html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.24095\/hpcdp.37.6.01","archive":["Internet Archive"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["2368-738X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2368-738X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,6]]}}}