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The association between Belgian older adults' physical functioning and physical activity : what is the moderating role of the physical environment? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Better physical functioning in the elderly may be associated with higher physical activity levels. Since older adults spend a substantial part of the day in their residential neighborhood, the neighborhood physical environment may moderate ...
De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

After the Move to a New Campus—Effects on Students’ Satisfaction with the Physical and Learning Environment

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2020
Few empirical studies in higher education consider the importance of the physical environment on students’ satisfaction with the learning environment. The present study first examined the effects of a move to a new campus on students’ satisfaction with ...
Andreia P. Costa, Georges Steffgen
doaj   +1 more source

The Social Psychology Of Perception Experiments: Hills, Backpacks, Glucose, And The Problem Of Generalizability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Experiments take place in a physical environment but also a social environment. Generalizability from experimental manipulations to more typical contexts may be limited by violations of ecological validity with respect to either the physical or the ...
Durgin, Frank H.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Assessing the Quality of Physical Environments of Early Childhood Schools within the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana Using a Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Design

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2020
(1) Background: The last few decades have seen researchers giving considerable attention to the physical context of early childhood care and development (ECCD) centers because many of the underlying processes that link physical context are quite similar ...
Salome Amissah-Essel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Your Neighborhood Designed to Support Physical Activity? A Brief Streetscape Audit Tool. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
INTRODUCTION:Macro level built environment factors (eg, street connectivity, walkability) are correlated with physical activity. Less studied but more modifiable microscale elements of the environment (eg, crosswalks) may also affect physical activity ...
Cain, Kelli L   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

The built environment and its impact on health outcomes and experiences of patients, significant others and staff—A protocol for a systematic review

open access: yesNursing Open, 2020
Aim This review will identify, evaluate and synthesize the literature related to evidence‐based design of healthcare environments and to identify impacts of the built environment on the outcomes and experiences of patients, significant others and staff ...
Marie Elf   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Engaging in my rural community”: perceptions of people aged 85 years and over

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2018
Purpose: Globally, numbers of people aged 85 years and over are increasing. Many older people, including those 85 years and over, are ageing in rural areas. For successful ageing in place, physical and social environments must be appropriate.
Stephen Neville   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kindergarten Affordances for Physical Activity and Preschoolers’ Motor and Social-Emotional Competence

open access: yesChildren, 2023
This study examined the relationship between the quality of the kindergarten physical and social environment to promote physical activity (PA) and preschoolers’ motor and social-emotional competence.
Mariana Moreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pictographic Representations of the Word “Nature” in Preschool Education Children

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
The relevance of preschool children’s understanding of nature, its elements, how it affects the behavior of human beings, and how human beings influence it, is a two-purpose task.
Blanca Silvia Fraijo-Sing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors related to the presence of mosquito eggs trapped in ovitraps DHF-endemic areas in Kendari City, Indonesia

open access: yesPublic Health of Indonesia, 2021
Background: Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), one type of infectious disease caused by the dengue virus, is still becoming a public health problem in Indonesia.
Askrening Askrening   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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