title: Do the Features, Amenities, and Quality of Physical Activity Resources Differ Between City and County Areas of a Large Rural Region?
abstract: The goal of this work was to provide a community-academic partnership with actionable information for physical activity (PA) for a rural health-disparate region. Identified PA outlets were audited and combined with survey data for 813 residents in the region. Less than a third of sampled residents (28%) met PA recommendations, with low perceptions of safety for PA. PA resource outlets in rural areas had higher numbers of incivilities. On the basis of our findings, 4 actionable strategies are recommended: shared-use agreements, reducing incivilities, addressing issues related to safety from traffic, and increasing the number of PA resources in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Epidemiology (Dr Hill) and Health Promotion (Dr Estabrooks), College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Dr Waters); and Departments of Geography (Dr Kolivras) and Human, Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (Dr Zoellner), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
authors.forename: Jennie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Clarice N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Korine N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kolivras
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Estabrooks
authors.forename: Jamie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zoellner
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires