abstract: 'Background: At the population level, the prevalence of physical activity

  has declined considerably in many developed countries in recent decades.

  There is some evidence that areas exhibiting the lowest activity levels

  are those which have undergone a particularly strong transition away

  from employment in physically demanding occupations. We propose that

  processes of deindustrialization may be causally linked to unexplained

  geographical disparities in levels of physical activity. While the

  sociocultural correlates of physical activity have been well studied,

  and prior conceptual frameworks have been developed to explain more

  general patterns of activity, none have explicitly attempted to identify

  the components of industrial change that may impact physical activity.

  Methods: In this work we review the current literature on sociocultural

  correlates of health behaviors before using a case study centered on the

  United Kingdom to present a novel framework that links industrial change

  to declining levels of physical activity. Results: We developed a

  comprehensive model linking sociocultural correlates of physical

  activity to processes associated with industrial restructuring and

  discuss implication for policy and practice. Conclusions: A better

  understanding of sociocultural processes may help to ameliorate adverse

  health consequences of employment decline in communities that have

  experienced substantial losses of manual employment.'
affiliation: 'Rind, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Edinburgh, Sch Geosci, Edinburgh,
  Midlothian, Scotland.

  Rind, Esther, Univ Edinburgh, Sch Geosci, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

  Jones, Andy, Univ E Anglia, Sch Environm Sci, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England.'
author: Rind, Esther and Jones, Andy
author-email: e.rind@ed.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Rind
  given: Esther
- family: Jones
  given: Andy
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0173
eissn: 1543-5474
files: []
issn: 1543-3080
journal: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY \& HEALTH
keywords: health behavior; environment; evidence-based research; United Kingdom
keywords-plus: 'HEALTH INEQUALITIES; DISADVANTAGED AREAS; INCOME INEQUALITY; TEMPORAL

  TRENDS; LEISURE-TIME; DETERMINANTS; ENGLAND; OBESITY; ENVIRONMENTS;

  ASSOCIATION'
language: English
month: MAY
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '99'
orcid-numbers: Jones, Andy/0000-0002-3130-9313
pages: 683-692
papis_id: 1ddc6993c36f64b279a5df10809a9de8
ref: Rind2014decliningphysical
times-cited: '5'
title: 'Declining Physical Activity and the Socio-Cultural Context of the Geography
  of Industrial Restructuring: A Novel Conceptual Framework'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000339984500002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2014'