title: Joint Associations of Residential Density and Neighborhood Involvement With Physical Activity Among a Multiethnic Sample of Urban Adults.
abstract: Regular physical activity is associated with improvements in overall health. Although resident involvement in neighborhood social activities is positively associated with physical activity, neighborhood design features, including residential density, have varied associations with physical activity. Using data from a multiethnic sample of 696 adults in Detroit, Michigan, multilevel models were used to examine joint effects of residential density and resident involvement in neighborhood activities in relation to physical activity. We found a marginally significant negative interaction of higher residential density and resident neighborhood involvement. Higher residential density was negatively associated with physical activity, and resident neighborhood involvement was positively associated with physical activity. Our findings suggest that future work incorporate additional neighborhood and individual-level characteristics to understand the complexity of the association between the neighborhood environment, resident social engagement in the neighborhood, and physical activity.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan-Flint, MI, USA vickij@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Johnson-Lawrence
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Zenk
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wineman
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Marans
authors.affiliation: Friends of Parkside, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rowe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009043:Motor Activity; D011156:Population Density; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058992:Social Participation; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: neighborhood involvement; neighborhoods; physical activity; residential density; social epidemiology; social participation