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Direct linkYang Li; Dario Spini; Cecilia Delgado Villanueva – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Growing research highlights the role of local community contexts in health and well-being. Communities function as central arenas for health promotion as individuals and community spaces interact in daily life. To better communicate the linkages between community and health, we demonstrate the use of a set of geosocial tools for community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Geographic Information Systems, Community Cooperation
Johnson-Lawrence, Vicki; Schulz, Amy J.; Zenk, Shannon N.; Israel, Barbara A.; Wineman, Jean; Marans, Robert W.; Rowe, Zachary – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
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…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Urban Areas, Adults, Physical Activities
Zenk, Shannon N.; Mentz, Graciela; Schulz, Amy J.; Johnson-Lawrence, Vicki; Gaines, Causandra R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Introduction: Blacks, Hispanics, and women of lower socioeconomic status tend to have a higher risk of obesity. Numerous studies over the past decade examined the role of the neighborhood food environment in body weight. However, few were longitudinal. Purpose: This longitudinal study examined whether multiple measures of neighborhood food…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Body Composition, Interviews
Dubowitz, Tamara; Ncube, Collette; Leuschner, Kristin; Tharp-Gilliam, Shannah – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
A growing body of evidence has highlighted an association between a lack of access to nutritious, affordable food (e.g., through full-service grocery stores [FSGs]), poor diet, and increased risk for obesity. In response, there has been growing interest among policy makers in encouraging the siting of supermarkets in "food deserts," that…
Descriptors: Low Income, Research Design, Community Involvement, Evidence
Hughey, Joseph; Peterson, N. Andrew; Lowe, John B.; Oprescu, Florin – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
The research reported here tested the factor structure of a measure for sense of community in community organizations, and it evaluated sense of community's potential as an empowering organizational characteristic within an organizational empowerment framework. Randomly selected community organization participants (N = 561) were surveyed as part…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Health Education, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Saunders, Ruth P.; Moody, Jamie – Health Education & Behavior, 2006
School and community agency collaboration can potentially increase physical activity opportunities for youth. Few studies have examined the role of community agencies in promoting physical activity, much less in collaboration with schools. This article describes formative research data collection from community agencies to inform the development…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Females, Physical Activity Level
