Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Program

Epidemiology

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 199 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

David Strogatz

Committee Members

Brian Fisher, Mary Gallant, Akiko Hosler, Glenn Deane

Keywords

built environmnet, physical activity, rural built environmnet, walkability, Exercise, Rural health, Health behavior, Physical fitness, Self-care, Health, Health Behavior, Self Care

Subject Categories

Epidemiology

Abstract

Background: Physical activity across the lifespan is associated with numerous health benefits. That the built environment can influence physical activity is a widely accepted hypothesis which has been examined extensively in urban/suburban and across urban-rural environments. Numerous census variables, such as housing density, percent renter, and others related to urbanity, are related to physical activity and built environment measures. However, the rural built environment's influence on adult physical activity is relatively unexplored.

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