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Walking in a city neighbourhood, paving the way

Author(s) -

Louise Burgoyne,

Rosarie Coleman,

Ivan J. Perry

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdm027

Subject(s) - neighbourhood (mathematics) , health promotion , promotion (chess) , built environment , physical activity , qualitative research , public health , psychology , gerontology , sociology , environmental health , public relations , business , applied psychology , socioeconomics , political science , medicine , nursing , engineering , physical therapy , social science , mathematical analysis , civil engineering , mathematics , politics , law

There is an increasing interest in the use of walking routes to promote physical activity. We explored the stated attitudes of selected residents from two adjacent low-income city neighbourhoods towards walking. This was in response to negative results obtained in a quantitative study assessing the impact of the Slí-na-Sláinte (path to health), a signed heart health walking route.

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