Simultaneous evaluation of physical and social environmental correlates of physical activity in adults: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ecological models of physical activity posit that social and physical environmental features exert independent and interactive influences on physical activity, but previous research has focussed on independent influences. This systematic review aimed to synthesise the literature investigating how features of neighbourhood physical and social environments are associated with physical activity when both levels of influence are simultaneously considered, and to assess progress in the exploration of interactive effects of social and physical environmental correlates on physical activity.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted in February 2016. Articles were included if they used an adult (≥15 years) sample, simultaneously considered at least one physical

SUBMITTER: Sawyer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5769071 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature