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In search of causality: a systematic review of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity among adults

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, November 2011
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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Title
In search of causality: a systematic review of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity among adults
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, November 2011
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-8-125
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Authors

Gavin R McCormack, Alan Shiell

Abstract

Empirical evidence suggests that an association between the built environment and physical activity exists. This evidence is mostly derived from cross-sectional studies that do not account for other causal explanations such as neighborhood self-selection. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs can be used to isolate the effect of the built environment on physical activity, but in their absence, statistical techniques that adjust for neighborhood self-selection can be used with cross-sectional data. Previous reviews examining the built environment-physical activity relationship have not differentiated among findings based on study design. To deal with self-selection, we synthesized evidence regarding the relationship between objective measures of the built environment and physical activity by including in our review: 1) cross-sectional studies that adjust for neighborhood self-selection and 2) quasi-experiments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 8 1%
United Kingdom 5 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Ethiopia 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 763 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 151 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 149 19%
Researcher 115 15%
Student > Bachelor 48 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 47 6%
Other 141 18%
Unknown 136 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 152 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 120 15%
Sports and Recreations 56 7%
Environmental Science 46 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 35 4%
Other 189 24%
Unknown 189 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2021.
All research outputs
#2,108,505
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#751
of 2,116 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,547
of 153,767 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#4
of 33 outputs
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