Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities

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 devel...

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Autores principales:	Lisa M. Charron, Chloe Milstein, Samantha I. Moyers, Christiaan G. Abildso, Jamie F. Chriqui
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	physical activity rural policy comprehensive plan built environment urban planning Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cf59315721424edaac049540f75a819a2021-11-25T17:51:51ZDo State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities10.3390/ijerph1822121901660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/cf59315721424edaac049540f75a819a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12190https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Less 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.Lisa M. CharronChloe MilsteinSamantha I. MoyersChristiaan G. AbildsoJamie F. ChriquiMDPI AGarticlephysical activityruralpolicycomprehensive planbuilt environmenturban planningMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12190, p 12190 (2021)
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spellingShingle	physical activity rural policy comprehensive plan built environment urban planning Medicine R Lisa M. Charron Chloe Milstein Samantha I. Moyers Christiaan G. Abildso Jamie F. Chriqui Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities
description	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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author	Lisa M. Charron Chloe Milstein Samantha I. Moyers Christiaan G. Abildso Jamie F. Chriqui
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title	Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities
title_short	Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities
title_full	Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities
title_fullStr	Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities
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Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities

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