Do Neighborhood Demographics Modify Walking Group Intervention Effectiveness in Urban Neighborhoods?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assessed the effects of neighborhood composition on effectiveness of the Walk Your Heart to Health (WYHH) intervention in promoting physical activity and reducing cardiovascular risk (CVR) in low-to-moderate-income, predominantly non-Latino Black (NLB) and Latino communities.

Method

Multilevel models assessed modifying effects of neighborhood composition on (1) WYHH adherence/participation at 8 weeks and 32 weeks, (2) associations between participation and steps, and (3) associations between steps and CVR.

Results

Approximately 90% of participants were women. Neither neighborhood poverty nor racial composition modified intervention participation at 8 weeks. At 32 weeks, residents of high percentage-NLB neighborhoods that also had high poverty rates had r

SUBMITTER: Schulz AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9254165 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature