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Conference Paper: Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: A cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when
Title | Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: A cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). |
Citation | The 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA 2014), San Diego, CA., 21-24 May 2014. In Conference Abstract, 2014, p. 24-25, abstract no. S07.1 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Purpose:
Identifying destinations and environmental conditions that facilitate walking for transport has public health significance.
We investigated relationships of within-neighborhood objectively-measured destinations and environmental
attributes with transport-related walking in elders from an ultra-dense metropolis (Hong Kong).
Methods:
We estimated relationships of diversity and prevalence of destination categories (environmental audits of 400m buffers
surrounding residential addresses) with transport-related walking in 484 Chinese-speaking elders able to walk unassisted and living in neighborhoods varying in socio-economic status and transport-related walkability. We examined
the moderating effects of safety and pedestrian infrastructure-related neighborhood attributes on destination-walking
associations.
Results:
The prevalence of public transit points and diversity of recreational destinations were positively related to overall
transport-related walking. The presence of a health clinic/service and place of worship, recreational destinations
diversity, and greater prevalence of non-food retails and services, food/grocery stores, and restaurants in the neighborhood
were predictive of more within-neighborhood transport-related walking. Neighborhood safety-related aspects
moderated the relationship of overall transport-related walking with the prevalence of public transit points. Moderating
effects of safety-related attributes were observed for the relationships of within-neighborhood transport-related
walking with recreational and entertainment destinations. Pedestrian-infrastructure attributes acted as moderators of
associations of within-neighborhood transport-related walking with prevalence of commercial destination categories.
Conclusions:
The availability of both non-commercial and commercial destinations may promote within-neighborhood transportrelated
walking, while recreational facilities and public transit points may facilitate overall transport-related walking.
However, destination-rich areas need to also provide adequate levels of personal safety and a physically-unchallenging
pedestrian network. |
Description | Symposia: S07 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206185 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cerin, E | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, KY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Barnett, A | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sit, HP | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, MC | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, WM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Johnston, JM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-20T13:57:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-20T13:57:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA 2014), San Diego, CA., 21-24 May 2014. In Conference Abstract, 2014, p. 24-25, abstract no. S07.1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206185 | - |
dc.description | Symposia: S07 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: Identifying destinations and environmental conditions that facilitate walking for transport has public health significance. We investigated relationships of within-neighborhood objectively-measured destinations and environmental attributes with transport-related walking in elders from an ultra-dense metropolis (Hong Kong). Methods: We estimated relationships of diversity and prevalence of destination categories (environmental audits of 400m buffers surrounding residential addresses) with transport-related walking in 484 Chinese-speaking elders able to walk unassisted and living in neighborhoods varying in socio-economic status and transport-related walkability. We examined the moderating effects of safety and pedestrian infrastructure-related neighborhood attributes on destination-walking associations. Results: The prevalence of public transit points and diversity of recreational destinations were positively related to overall transport-related walking. The presence of a health clinic/service and place of worship, recreational destinations diversity, and greater prevalence of non-food retails and services, food/grocery stores, and restaurants in the neighborhood were predictive of more within-neighborhood transport-related walking. Neighborhood safety-related aspects moderated the relationship of overall transport-related walking with the prevalence of public transit points. Moderating effects of safety-related attributes were observed for the relationships of within-neighborhood transport-related walking with recreational and entertainment destinations. Pedestrian-infrastructure attributes acted as moderators of associations of within-neighborhood transport-related walking with prevalence of commercial destination categories. Conclusions: The availability of both non-commercial and commercial destinations may promote within-neighborhood transportrelated walking, while recreational facilities and public transit points may facilitate overall transport-related walking. However, destination-rich areas need to also provide adequate levels of personal safety and a physically-unchallenging pedestrian network. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, ISBNPA 2014 | en_US |
dc.title | Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: A cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Cerin, E: ecerin@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lee, KY: kyle2012@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Sit, HP: sithp@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Johnston, JM: jjohnsto@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Cerin, E=rp00890 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Sit, HP=rp00957 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Johnston, JM=rp00375 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 240744 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 24, abstract no. S07.1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 25 | - |