Place matters: Mitigating obesity with the person-in-environment approach

O'Dare Wilson, Kellie

doi:10.1080/00981389.2015.1107017

Place matters

O’Dare Wilson, K. (2016). Place matters: Mitigating obesity with the person-in-environment approach. Social Work in Health Care, 55(3), 214-230. doi:10.1080/00981389.2015.1107017

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Title: Place matters: Mitigating obesity with the person-in-environment approach
Contributor(s): O'Dare Wilson, Kellie (author)
Located In: Social Work in Health Care
ISSN: 0098-1389
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1107017
Abstract: Research demonstrates that environmental and community-level variables contribute to obesity. Many of these variables are outside of personal volitional control, such as the characteristics of the places in which people live. Social work’s unique person-in-environment (PIE) approach is an ideal perspective from which to address obesity. This study employs the PIE perspective to examine sprawl, one environmental-level factor. We employed secondary data analysis to examine the effect of sprawl on obesity while controlling for covariates. Region of residence and sprawl significantly predicted obesity, net of covariates. Given that obesity varies among communities, social workers can respond with PIE-oriented solutions.
Subject(s): Obesity
obesity and place
overweight
sprawl
person-in-environment
Accession Number: PMID: 26934425