Climate Vulnerability and Heat Island Effects on Physical Activity in Persistent Poverty Areas.
Project Overview
This project examines how living near urban heat islands influences physical activity behaviors in communities facing persistent poverty by linking temperature metrics with data from three community-based studies in Alabama and Texas. The analysis will generate preliminary evidence on how environmental heat and social factors shape physical activity patterns and inform future climate-adaptive interventions to reduce disparities and cancer risk.
Project Details
This project examines how living near urban heat islands influences physical activity behaviors in communities facing persistent poverty by linking temperature metrics with data from three community?based studies in Alabama and Texas. The analysis will generate preliminary evidence on how environmental heat and social factors shape physical activity patterns and inform future climate?adaptive interventions to reduce disparities and cancer risk.
Project Contact: Ryan Ramphul, PhD
Project Team
Co-Investigator
Ryan Ramphul, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Co-Investigator
Maria Fernandez, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Investigator
Andrew Springer, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences