Older Adults' Outdoor Walking and Inequalities in Neighbourhood Green Spaces Characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Outdoor walking has considerable benefits for healthy ageing and older adults are recommended to walk regularly. However, older adults living in high-deprivation areas walk less than those living in low-deprivation areas. Previous research has shown that the characteristics of neighbourhood green spaces (i.e., proximity, attractiveness, size, and number) may influence outdoor walking. This study examines spatial inequalities in the characteristics of neighbourhood green spaces in high- versus low-deprivation areas and their possible influences on disparities in older adults' outdoor walking levels. For this purpose, it included a sample of 173 participants (≥65 years) and used secondary data and a geographic information system (GIS) to objectively measure neighbourhood green spaces charact

SUBMITTER: Zandieh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6888485 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature