title: Associated pathways between neighborhood environment, community resource factors, and leisure-time physical activity among Mexican-American adults in San Diego, California.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine pathways between individual, social, and environmental factors associated with leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among Mexican-American adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional design using random-digit dialing to administer a structured telephone interview.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mexican-American adults living in a U.S.-Mexican border community in San Diego, California (N = 672).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on LTPA, demographic characteristics, acculturation, and other psychosocial and environmental factors associated with LTPA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Structural equation modeling to test an a priori model of LTPA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants were mostly female (71%) with a mean age of 39 years (SD = 13). Only 32% of participants met PA guidelines in their leisure time, with men (39%) meeting the guidelines more than women (29%). Using structural equation modeling, neighborhood factors, both social and environmental, showed indirect relationships with meeting PA guidelines through community resource factors. Significant covariates included marital status and age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individual, social, and environmental factors were associated with LTPA in this sample of Mexican-American adults. These findings can inform intervention studies that aim to increase LTPA in this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. smmartin@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Suzanna M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Elva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roesch
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003710:Demography; D004779:Environment Design; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012924:Social Conditions