Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood
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Roman, Caterina G., Chen, Ruohui, Natarajan, Loki, Conway, Terry L., Patch, Christina, Taylor, Ralph B., Cain, Kelli L., Roesch, Scott, Adams, Mark A., Saelens, Brian E., King, Abby C., Frank, Lawrence D., Glanz, Karen and Sallis, James F.. (2024). Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood. Health and Place. 89, p. Article 103316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103316
Authors | Roman, Caterina G., Chen, Ruohui, Natarajan, Loki, Conway, Terry L., Patch, Christina, Taylor, Ralph B., Cain, Kelli L., Roesch, Scott, Adams, Mark A., Saelens, Brian E., King, Abby C., Frank, Lawrence D., Glanz, Karen and Sallis, James F. |
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Abstract | It is widely assumed crime and related concerns, including neighborhood incivilities and fear of crime, are barriers to physical activity (PA). Past studies reveal mixed evidence. Studies of impacts for crime-protective factors are less common but have similarly mixed results. This paper evaluates a comprehensive transdisciplinary conceptual framework of cross-sectional associations between crime-related perceptions and reported minutes/week of recreational walking inside and outside one's home neighborhood. Safe and Fit Environments Study (SAFE) recruited and surveyed 2302 participants from adolescents to older adults from four U.S. metropolitan areas. A zero-inflated model estimated two components of each outcome: whether the respondent walked, and minutes/week walked. Correlates of recreational walking were location-specific, differing based on walking location. Fear of crime, risk evaluation, victimization, and incivilities were not consistently associated with walking for recreation inside one's neighborhood. People with crime concerns about their own neighborhoods, however, more commonly walked for recreation outside their neighborhoods. Protective crime-related perceptions that seldom have been studied in relation to PA, such as street efficacy (i.e., the perceived ability to avoid and manage danger), were strongly associated with recreational walking in both locations, indicating the additional heuristic value of the SAFE conceptual framework. |
Keywords | exercise; fear of crime; perceptions of crime; physical activity; public health; safety |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Health and Place |
Journal citation | 89, p. Article 103316 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
ISSN | 1353-8292 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103316 |
PubMed ID | 39089217 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85199906787 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC11402571 |
Page range | 1-15 |
Funder | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 31 Jul 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Jul 2024 |
Deposited | 19 May 2025 |
Grant ID | 5R01HL117884 |
Additional information | © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. |
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