Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity

Implications for Rural Communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15470554
AutoresLisa Charron (0000-0002-0719-9695, University of Wisconsin–Madison, autor de correspondencia), Chloe Milstein (University of Illinois Chicago), Samantha I Moyers (West Virginia University), Christiaan G Abildso (0000-0003-1972-2348, West Virginia University), Jamie F Chriqui (0000-0003-2538-0276, University of Illinois Chicago)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número22
Páginas12190-12190
Fecha de publicación2021-11-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182212190
PMID34831946
OpenAlexW3215315679
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas51

Less than one-quarter of U.S. adults meet physical activity (PA) recommendations, with rural residents less likely to be active than urban residents. The built environment has been identified as a potential facilitator of PA and local comprehensive plans are a foundational tool for guiding the development of the built environment. The purpose of this study was therefore to understand the current landscape of comprehensive planning state statutes related to PA and rural communities. We used primary legal research methods to identify, compile, and evaluate all 50 state comprehensive planning statutes for items related to PA and conditional mandates based on population size of local jurisdictions. The presence of population-conditional planning mandates and the inclusion of PA-related items was analyzed by state-level rurality using Fisher's exact tests. Our analyses demonstrated that (1) broader PA-related items were addressed in state statutes more often than more specific PA-related items; (2) when PA-related items were addressed, they were most likely to be mandated, subsumed elements; (3) several PA-related items were less likely to be addressed in the most rural states and/or conditionally mandated for jurisdictions meeting minimum population requirements; and (4) only two states addressed PA directly and explicitly in their comprehensive planning statutes

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