Journal article
Walking for transportation and built environment in Sao Paulo city, Brazil
AA Florindo, JPDAS Barbosa, LV Barrozo, DR Andrade, BS de Aguiar, MA Failla, L Gunn, S Mavoa, G Turrell, M Goldbaum
Journal of Transport and Health | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Objective: To describe the profile of adults who walk for transportation in Sao Paulo city, and to explore the built environment features that are associated with transport walking. Material and methods: This study was a cross-sectional analysis of the Sao Paulo Health Survey dataset (n = 3145 people aged 18 years or older) that measured walking for transportation in a usual week by questionnaire. Residential addresses were geocoded and types and mix of destinations were assessed in 500 m and 1,000 m buffers. We conducted Poisson regression to calculate the prevalence ratio and we used multilevel models to examine relationships between the built environment and walking for transportation. Re..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Alex Antonio Florindo received an international scholarship from Sao Paulo Research Foundation (grant 2014/12681-1) to develop this study and is receiving a research fellowship from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (grant 306635/2016-0). Suzanne Mavoa is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (#1121035). Lucy Gunn is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Health, Liveable Communities (#1061404). Ligia Vizeu Barrozo is supported by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (grant 301550/2017-4). Acknowledgments to The University of Melbourne for the reception of the international visit of Alex Antonio Florindo to develop this project in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Acknowledgments to Professor Billie Giles-Corti for his support of the work in Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Acknowledgments to ISA Study Group (Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, PhD, University of Campinas, Maria Cecilia Goi Porto Alves, PhD, Health of Institute, Sao Paulo, and Regina Mara Fisberg, PhD, University of Sao Paulo). The Sao Paulo Municipal Health Department (no grant number) Chester Luiz Galvao Cesar, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, and Sao Paulo Research Foundation (grant 41 2012/22113-9) supported this ISA study in Sao Paulo.