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County-level Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Physical Activity Behavior among US Adults
Yangyang Deng1, Mohammad Moniruzzaman2, Breanna Rogers2
1Socio-Spatial Determinants of Health (SSDH) Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. yangyang.deng@nih.gov.
Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
|September 10, 2024
Summary
Residential segregation shows no overall link to physical activity for Black and Hispanic populations. However, greater segregation was linked to increased activity time specifically among Black females.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Epidemiology
Background:
- The impact of racial and ethnic residential segregation on physical activity (PA) is not well understood, with conflicting research findings.
- Previous studies have reported both positive and negative associations between segregation and PA levels.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between county-level residential segregation and overall daily PA, as well as domain-specific PA.
- To determine if these associations differ by gender within NH Black and Hispanic populations.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from 2625 participants from the AmeriSpeak panel, who completed up to two 24-hour activity recalls (ACT24) in 2019.
- Assessed PA outcomes including light PA (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), total active time, and domain-specific activities (leisure, work, household, transport, personal, other).
- Employed weighted generalized linear models to analyze the association between county-level segregation (based on isolation) and PA outcomes, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors.
Main Results:
- No significant association was found between county-level residential segregation and LPA, MVPA, total active time, or domain-specific PA among NH Black and Hispanic populations overall.
- A notable finding was that greater residential segregation was associated with increased total daily activity time among NH Black females (β = 3.54, 95% CI [0.23, 6.85]).
- Specifically, NH Black females residing in segregated neighborhoods reported higher total active time.
Conclusions:
- County-level residential segregation does not appear to be universally associated with physical activity levels in NH Black and Hispanic populations.
- The study highlights a potential gender-specific effect, where increased segregation may correlate with higher overall activity among NH Black females.
- Further research is recommended to explore interactions between segregation and other individual, contextual, and environmental factors influencing physical activity.
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