Assessment of neighborhood street characteristics related to physical activity in the Lower Mississippi Delta

Health Promotion Perspectives
J L ThomsonA S Landry

Abstract

Background: Physical activity levels were low for pregnant and postpartum participants in a diet and physical activity intervention. To explore micro level characteristics of participants'neighborhoods related to physical activity, an ancillary study was conducted. Methods: This cross-sectional study encompassed the neighborhood street segments of women participating in a diet and physical activity intervention that was conducted in the Lower Mississippi Delta. A neighborhood was defined as all street segments within one-fourth walking mile of a participant's home address. Street segments were measured using the Rural Active Living Assessment's Street Segment Assessment tool. In the field and on foot, raters measured street segments using neighborhood maps with segments identified. Results: Mean street segment length was 0.22 miles (SD = 0.14). All segments had flat terrain with residential (98%), open spaces (74%), and public/civic (34%) as the most prevalent land uses. Almost three-fourths of segments did not have any sidewalks (69%), sidewalk buffers or defined shoulders (73%), crosswalks or pedestrian signage (69%), or posted speed limits (74%).However, 88% had stop signs and almost all (96%) had street lighting and were pa...Continue Reading

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Mar 30, 2019·Preventing Chronic Disease·Jessica L ThomsonAlicia S Landry
Jun 22, 2021·Frontiers in Public Health·Chanam LeeMark P Doescher

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