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Social Environment and Physical activity: A review of concepts and evidence
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Five dimensions of the social environment are identified-social support and social networks, socioeconomic position and income inequality, racial discrimination, social cohesion and social capital, and neighborhood factors-and each is considered in the context of physical activity to illustrate important differences between them.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2006-08-01. It has received 835 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social change & Social position.read more
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Neighborhoods and health.
Ana V. Diez Roux,Christina Mair +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter summarizes key work in this area with a particular focus on chronic disease outcomes (specifically obesity and related risk factors) and mental health ( specifically depression and depressive symptoms) and empirical work is classified into two main eras.
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Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care
Neil C Campbell,Elizabeth Murray,Janet Darbyshire,Jon Emery,Andrew Farmer,Frances Griffiths,Bruce Guthrie,Helen Lester,Phil Wilson,Ann Louise Kinmonth +9 more
TL;DR: The importance of ground work in getting usable results is explained and the effectiveness of complex interventions can be difficult and time consuming.
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The Built Environment and Obesity
Mia A. Papas,Mia A. Papas,Anthony J. Alberg,Anthony J. Alberg,Reid Ewing,Kathy J. Helzlsouer,Kathy J. Helzlsouer,Tiffany L. Gary,Ann C. Klassen +8 more
TL;DR: Given the importance of the physical and social contexts of individual behavior and the limited success of individual-based interventions in long-term obesity prevention, more research on the impact of the built environment on obesity is needed.
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Built Environments and Obesity in Disadvantaged Populations
TL;DR: Based on the authors' review, increasing supermarket access, places to exercise, and neighborhood safety may also be promising strategies to reduce obesity-related health disparities.
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Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology
TL;DR: Social capital has a definite place in sociological theory as mentioned in this paper, and its role in social control, in family support, and in benefits mediated by extra-familial networks, but excessive extensions of the concept may lead to excessive emphasis on positive consequences of sociability.
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Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy
TL;DR: Multilevel analyses showed that a measure of collective efficacy yields a high between-neighborhood reliability and is negatively associated with variations in violence, when individual-level characteristics, measurement error, and prior violence are controlled.
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Social Foundations of Thought and Action
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive theory of human motivation and action from a social cognitive perspective, and address the prominent roles played by cognitive vicarious self regulatory and self reflective processes in psychosocial functioning emphasizing reciprocal causation through the interplay of cognitive behavioral and environmental factors.
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An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Programs
TL;DR: An ecological model for health promotion is proposed which focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotions and addresses the importance of interventions directed at changing interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy factors which support and maintain unhealthy behaviors.
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Physical Activity And Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General
TL;DR: This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health, and strong evidence is shown to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains.