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. 2022 Jul 24;19(15):9000.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159000.

Motives and Barriers Related to Physical Activity within Different Types of Built Environments: Implications for Health Promotion

Marlene Rosager Lund Pedersen  1 , Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl  1 , Karsten Elmose-Østerlund  1 , Anne Faber Hansen  2
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Motives and Barriers Related to Physical Activity within Different Types of Built Environments: Implications for Health Promotion

Marlene Rosager Lund Pedersen et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Studies have identified individuals' motives and barriers as main predictors of physical-activity behaviour, while other studies found physical-activity behaviour to be related to characteristics of the built environment. However, studies that have a combined focus on motives and barriers and the built environment are less common. This scoping review aims to provide knowledge about motives and barriers related to physical activity within different types of built environments to mitigate this knowledge gap. A systematic literature search was performed in four scientific databases and yielded 2734 articles, of which 31 articles met the inclusion criteria. The review identified four types of built environments within which motives and barriers were studied, including walkability, cyclist infrastructure, neighbourhood parks and open spaces and sports facilities. Several common motives recur across all four types of built environments, especially easy accessibility and good facility conditions. Conversely, poor accessibility and inadequate facility conditions are common barriers. Our review also showed how some motives and barriers seem to be more context-specific because they were only identified within a few types of built environments. This knowledge may help target future health-promotion initiatives in relation to urban planning and the importance of the environment on physical activity.

Keywords: barriers; cyclist infrastructure; infrastructure; literature review; motives; neighbourhood parks; open spaces; scoping review; sports facilities; walkability.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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