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Utilitarian and Recreational Walking Among Spanish-and English-Speaking Latino Adults in Micropolitan US Towns
Mark P. Doescher1 Chanam Lee2 Brian E. Saelens3,4 Chunkuen Lee2
Ethan M. Berke5 Anna M. Adachi-Mejia6 Davis G. Patterson7
Anne Vernez Moudon8
Published online: 18 March 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
AbstractBackground Walking among Latinos in US Micropolitan towns may vary by language spoken.
Methods In 20112012, we collected telephone survey and built environment (BE) data from adults in six towns located within micropolitan counties from two states with sizable Latino populations. We performed mixed-effects logistic regression modeling to examine relationships between ethnicity-language group [Spanish-speaking Latinos (SSLs); English-speaking Latinos (ESLs); and English-
speaking non-Latinos (ENLs)] and utilitarian walking and recreational walking, accounting for socio-demographic, lifestyle and BE characteristics.
Results Low-income SSLs reported higher amounts of utilitarian walking than ENLs (p = 0.007), but utilitarian walking in this group decreased as income increased. SSLs reported lower amounts of recreational walking than ENLs (p = 0.004). ESLENL differences were not signicant. We identied no statistically signicant interactions between ethnicity-language group and BE characteristics. Discussion Approaches to increase walking in micropolitan towns with sizable SSL populations may need to account for this groups differences in walking behaviors.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0383-5
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& Mark P. Doescher [email protected]
Chanam Lee [email protected]
Brian E. Saelens [email protected]
Chunkuen Lee [email protected]
Ethan M. Berke [email protected]
Anna M. Adachi-Mejia [email protected]
Davis G. Patterson [email protected]
Anne Vernez Moudon [email protected]
1 Stephenson Cancer Center and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 NE 10th Street, SCC 5031, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
2 Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University,College Station, TX, USA
3 Seattle Childrens Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
4 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA, USA
5 Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
6 Department of Pediatrics, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
7 Department of Family Medicine, WWAMI...