SSM - Population Health
Volume 2, 2016, Pages 130-135

Associations between neighborhood socioeconomic environment and physical activity in Cuban immigrants (Article) (Open Access)

Affuso O.* , Singleton C.R. , Brown S.C. , Perrino T. , Huang S. , Szapocznik J.
  • a Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd., Suite 220, Birmingham, AL 35924, United States, Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1675 University Blvd., Suite 568, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States, Center for Exercise Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd., Room 966, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
  • b Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W Roosevelt, Office 441, Chicago, IL 60608, United States
  • c Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33136, United States
  • d Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33136, United States
  • e Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33136, United States
  • f Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33136, United States

Abstract

Physical inactivity is a major public health concern because it is a determinant of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases. Few longitudinal studies have examined the association between neighborhood socioeconomic (SES) environment and change in physical activity behaviors. Additionally, few studies have examined this association in immigrant groups or Hispanic subgroups such as Cubans. This research aimed to determine if neighborhood SES is associated with longitudinal change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among Cuban immigrants who participate in the Cuban Health Study in Miami, Florida. Data on 280 participants [mean age: 37.4 (±4.6), 48.9% women, mean body mass index: 25.0 (±2.5)] collected at baseline, 12 months and 24 months were analyzed. Minutes of MVPA were objectively measured during each data collection period using accelerometers. A neighborhood SES score was calculated for each participant's residential census tract from American Community Survey data on median household income, median housing value, educational attainment and occupation. The neighborhood SES score was grouped into tertiles, reflecting low, moderate and high neighborhood SES environment. Multilevel linear models were used to examine the relationship between neighborhood SES and change in MVPA over 24 months. At baseline, 94 (33.6%), 108 (38.6%) and 78 (27.9%) participants resided in low, moderate, and high SES neighborhoods, respectively. After adjusting for age, sex, and body mass index, no difference in average change in MVPA over time was observed between participants residing in low and moderate SES neighborhoods (p=0.48) or low and high SES neighborhoods (p=0.62). In Cuban immigrants, longitudinal change in MVPA may not vary by neighborhood socioeconomic environment. © 2016.

Author Keywords

Socioeconomic status Immigrant Neighborhood Cuban Environment physical activity

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961233697&doi=10.1016%2fj.ssmph.2016.02.010&partnerID=40&md5=782792b43965d57bf6ca55bffb02f522
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.02.010
ISSN: 23528273
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English