Healthy Communities and Walking Interventions

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to healthy communities, walking, and the assessment of walkability.

Healthy community

A community that facilitates healthy behaviors by providing adequate physical resources, encouraging healthy behaviors, and limiting unhealthy behaviors.

Walkability

The overall level of comfort, access, enjoyment, and connectivity of an area that facilitates walking.

Policy maker

An individual responsible for facilitating policy that changes the environment.

Walkability assessment

A tool used to assess the built environment for walking.

Walking

The most common type of physical activity for most of the population.

Self-efficacy for walking

The belief in one’s ability to successfully engage in walking.

Environmental correlates of walking

Factors such as weather, presence of sidewalks, aesthetics, shade, proximity of destinations, and density that influence walking.

Walk audit

A tool that helps evaluate the walkability of a region, assessing pedestrian and biker safety, accessibility, and comfort.

Environmental barriers that inhibit walking

Factors such as a lack of sidewalks, adverse weather, poor aesthetics, and lack of green space.

Aspects of the environment that can facilitate walking

Features like crosswalks, traffic calming measures, and barriers that improve safety and comfort for pedestrians.