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Article

Neighborhood Built and Social Environment Influences on Lifestyle Behaviors among College Students in a High-Density City: A Photovoice Study

by
Ming Yu Claudia Wong
1,†,
Kailing Ou
2,†,
Chun-Qing Zhang
3 and
Ru Zhang
4,*
1
Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2
Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
3
Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
4
School of Physical Education & Sports Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(24), 16558; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416558
Submission received: 2 November 2022 / Revised: 6 December 2022 / Accepted: 7 December 2022 / Published: 9 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychosocial and Environmental Factors of Multiple Health Behavior Change)
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Abstract

Based on the social ecological approach, a photovoice study was conducted to explore how neighborhood built and social environments facilitate or hinder college students’ lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, active transportation, and dietary behavior. A total of 37 college students took photos about neighborhood built and social environments that may affect their physical activity, dietary behavior, and active transportation, and shared their perceptions about how neighborhood built and social environments influence their lifestyle behaviors. Our findings demonstrated that the availability and accessibility of services, school facilities, and home facilities affected physical activity and dietary behaviors among college students. Moreover, the well-developed transportation facilities and networks benefit college students’ active transportation. Environments-based interventions are recommended in future research to better understand the associations between neighborhood built and social environments and lifestyle behaviors in college students.
Keywords: physical activity; photovoice; eating habits; active transportation; physical environment physical activity; photovoice; eating habits; active transportation; physical environment

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Wong, M.Y.C.; Ou, K.; Zhang, C.-Q.; Zhang, R. Neighborhood Built and Social Environment Influences on Lifestyle Behaviors among College Students in a High-Density City: A Photovoice Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 16558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416558

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Wong MYC, Ou K, Zhang C-Q, Zhang R. Neighborhood Built and Social Environment Influences on Lifestyle Behaviors among College Students in a High-Density City: A Photovoice Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(24):16558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416558

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Wong, Ming Yu Claudia, Kailing Ou, Chun-Qing Zhang, and Ru Zhang. 2022. "Neighborhood Built and Social Environment Influences on Lifestyle Behaviors among College Students in a High-Density City: A Photovoice Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24: 16558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416558

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Wong, M. Y. C., Ou, K., Zhang, C.-Q., & Zhang, R. (2022). Neighborhood Built and Social Environment Influences on Lifestyle Behaviors among College Students in a High-Density City: A Photovoice Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416558

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