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What is the impact of residential street environments on active lifestyles for older people?. Catherine Millington Susana Alves Catharine Ward Thompson Affonso Zuin Peter Aspinall. OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art.

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  1. What is the impact of residential street environments on active lifestyles for older people? Catherine Millington Susana Alves Catharine Ward Thompson Affonso Zuin Peter Aspinall OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art www.idgo.ac.uk www.openspace.eca.ac.uk

  2. Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors Consortium Projects www.idgo.ac.uk Engineering and Physical Science Research Council EQUAL Programme Extending Quality Life for older and disabled people I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S

  3. I’DGO TOO Researchers Edinburgh College of Art with Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities Catharine Ward Thompson, Peter Aspinall, Archie Young, Anna Orme, Susana Alves, Catherine Millington, Affonso Zuin Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University Elizabeth Burton, Lynne Mitchell, Nicola Dempsey, Amanda Griffin SURFACE Inclusive Design Research Centre and Centre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance Research, University of SalfordMarcus Ormerod, Rita Newton, Christopher Nester, Laurence Kenney, David Howard, Sibylle Thies, Hamish MacLennan, Faruk Mohammad I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 3

  4. Project aims & objectives • Do Home Zones result in environments where older people: • Go outside more often? • Spend more time outside in the local • environment? • Have better social networks? • Have a better quality of life?

  5. Home Zones & Shared Space Streets • Home zones (originating in the Netherlands as ‘woornerf’) are residential streets where pedestrians & vehicles share the whole of the road space safely, & on equal terms, & where quality of life takes precedence over ease of traffic movement. • The objective is to extend the benefits of slow traffic speeds within residential areas to give priority to non motorised traffic. • Residents are encouraged to use streets in different ways, e.g. for social activities and play. I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 5

  6. Common Components of HZ • Traditional forms of traffic calming (e.g. signage, road humps) are not used • Shared space demarcated by changes to road surfacing • Improved footpaths & cycleways • Planting (e.g. shrubs, trees) to ‘green’ the environment, provide shelter & encourage people to linger • Changes to street lighting to improve perceptions of personal safety I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 6

  7. Research Design • Longitudinal study before & after Home Zone or shared space principles are implemented • People 65 years & older residing in the UK • Study sites: • Most of the sites are in areas of high multiple deprivation. • 8 shared space project sites in England & Wales (Sustrans ‘DIY Streets’) & Edinburgh new build HZ, plus matching control sites I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 7

  8. DIY: Brooke/Evering Rd - London DIY: Castle St - Port Talbot Control: Geldeston Rd - London Control: Crown St - Port Talbot

  9. Data Collection Methods Structured interviewsHealth QoLPerceptions of the physical environmentFrequency of going outdoorsPhysical activityMeasured through the use of an accelerometer and activity diary for the period of one week Behavioural observationsSystematically observe activity patterns in streets Street auditsUsed to map out the physical features of streets I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 9

  10. Physical activity Activity diaries & Accelerometers I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 10

  11. Physical activity counts per minute for one day from accelerometer data collected from a participant Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). These bouts of MVPA occur shortly after participant leaves the house & shortly before returning - possibly coinciding with walking to & from bus stop Numbers indicate consecutive mins MVPA. 4 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 Leaves house at 10:00. Goes to post office walking & by bus & then to Guild by bus. Returns home 16:10 Leaves house at 18:05. Goes dancing. Gets there by walking & by bus. Returns home 21:15 Key Time period outside house MVPA= Moderate to vigorous physical activity, defined using 1951 counts per min as cut-off point (Freedson et al.,1998)

  12. Behaviour Observations • 30 minutes in the morning (9:30-10:00 AM) and afternoon (4:30-5:00 PM) • Two days of the week (excluding Fridays & weekend) • DIY & Control streets. • In long streets (>1 km), observations were undertaken at either end of the street; in shorter streets just one location. The following were recorded for each person observed in a 30 minute period: • Age • Gender • Mobility • Social interaction • Physical activity I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 12

  13. Number of people per observation • More people PM than AM observations • High variability between observation sessions • Highest number of people observed in London Brooke/Evering Control 2 I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 14

  14. Age group & time of day • Dominant age group is young adults (20-40yrs) • Higher frequency of people aged 65+ AM than PM • More children, teenagers & young adults PM than AM • Very few people aged 65+

  15. Summary Physical activity • Experiential and objective measurements • Linked activity diary & accelerometer data to identify level of physical activity with type of activity when participant is outdoors I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 16

  16. Summary Behaviour observations • Higher frequency of people observed during PM than AM sessions • Young adults are the dominant age group • Approx 60% alone & 30% talking to another person • Approx 70% walking & 10% cycling • More people where high traffic, but more interaction between people where light or medium traffic I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 17

  17. What are we doing next? • Continue data analysis (Interviews & complete analysis of accelerometers & activity diaries) • Post-intervention data collection • Compare before & after HZ developed I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 18

  18. References • Freedson, P. S., Melanson, E., Sirard, J. (1998). Calibration of the computer science and applications, Inc. accelerometer. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 30(5), 777-781. • Wojtek, J. et. al. (2009). Exercise and physical activity for older adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1510-1530. • Appleyard, D. (1981). Livable streets. Berkeley: University of California Press. • Hart, J. (2008). Driven to Excess: Impacts of motor vehicle traffic on residential quality of life in Bristol, UK. MSc Transport Planning. University of the West of England, Bristol. I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S 19

  19. Websites Visit our website www.openspace.eca.ac.uk I’DGO www.idgo.ac.uk Sustrans DIY streets www.sustrans.org.uk/diystreets I N C L U S I V E D E S I G N F O R G E T T I N G O U T D O O R S

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