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  • Environmental psychology
  • Urban planning
  • Public health

Background:

  • The built environment significantly impacts health and social outcomes.
  • Communication infrastructure theory provides a framework to understand the built environment's role in communication and behavior.
  • Neighborhood storytelling networks and physical activity are potentially linked to built environment features.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between perceived built environment features, neighborhood storytelling connections, and physical activity.
  • To explore the built environment as a communication action context.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of 398 households in historically African American, lower-income neighborhoods.
  • Assessed perceived built environment features.
  • Measured connections to neighborhood storytellers and physical activity levels.

Main Results:

  • Awareness of local health and wellness programs was positively associated with stronger connections to the neighborhood storytelling network.
  • Awareness of local health and wellness programs was also linked to higher levels of physical activity.
  • The study discusses the differential impacts of various built environment features.

Conclusions:

  • Funding and promoting local health and wellness programs are crucial for community well-being.
  • The built environment, particularly accessible health resources, plays a role in social connectivity and physical activity.
  • Further research can explore other built environment features' influence on these outcomes.