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Introduction to the Active Living Research Supplement
Disparities in Environments and Policies that Support Active Living
Achieving health equity and eliminating health disparities remain at the forefront for Active Living Research (ALR). Since 2001, this national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has supported through its research, community-wide efforts to achieve active, healthy living.
Evidence included in this supplement of Annals of Behavioral Medicine provides additional support to foster a better understanding of disparities in both environments and policies that support active living.
In this article, the authors recap the events of the 9th annual ALR Conference. Solutions to achieving greater improvements in areas that are most affected by lack of activity are discussed.
Key Findings:
- Promoting physical activity and ultimately reducing obesity rates will see greater improvements when conducted on a multilevel, ecological approach.
- Recreational parks, intended to promote physical activity, tend to go unused and ultimately become unsafe. Community events and active programs geared toward healthy living may be better suited to areas where parks continue to be underutilized.
Introduction to the Active Living Research Supplement
- 1 Translating Research to Policy Through Health Impact Assessment in Clark County, Washington
- 2 Uneven Playing Field--Effective Strategies to Address Health Inequity Through Active Living Research
- 3 Using Evidence to Create Active Communities: Stories from the Field--Policy and Research with Chicago's Child Care Centers
- 4 Trends in Presentations of Environmental and Policy Studies Related to Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity at Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1995-2010
- 5 Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA
- 6 Exploring the Distribution of Park Availability, Features, and Quality Across Kansas City, Missouri by Income and Race/Ethnicity
- 7 Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality
- 8 Gender Differences in Self-Report Physical Activity and Park and Recreation Facility Use Among Latinos in Wake County, North Carolina
- 9 Beyond Distance: Children's School Travel Mode Choice
- 10 The Perceived and Built Environment Surrounding Urban Schools and Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls
- 11 Aesthetic Amenities and Safety Hazards Associated with Walking and Bicycling for Transportation in New York City
- 12 Does Neighbourhood Walkability Moderate the Effects of Mass Media Communication Strategies to Promote Regular Physical Activity?
- 13 Individual-and Area-Level Disparities in Access to the Road Network, Subway System and a Public Bicycle Share Program on the Island of Montreal, Canada
- 14 Effect of Bike Lane Infrastructure Improvements on Ridership in One New Orleans Neighborhood
- 15 Using Google Street View to Audit the Built Environment
- 16 School Sport Participation Under Two School Sport Policies
- 17 Physical Education and Student Activity
- 18 District and School Physical Education Policies
- 19 Predictors of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) in African American Young Adolescents
- 20 Pathways to Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Delinquency Among Urban Latino Adolescents
- 21 Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent-Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring