Associations of children's perceived neighborhood environments with walking and physical activity
Associations of children's perceived neighborhood environments with walking and physical activity
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DOI：
10.4278/0890-1171-21.3.201
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Ball, Kylie
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作者：
Hume, Clare;Sahnon, Jo;Ball, Kylie
目的.研究儿童对邻里环境的感知与步行和体育活动之间的关联。以学校为基础的横断面研究。澳大利亚墨尔本的小学。280名10岁儿童（应答率78%）。一项自我报告的调查评估了儿童对社区物理和社会环境的看法以及他们每周的步行频率。身体活动也客观地测量使用加速度计。多元线性回归分析显示，男孩的步行频率与附近可到达的目的地数量呈正相关;拥有一个易于步行/骑自行车的社区和感知大量涂鸦与男孩的整体身体活动呈正相关，但没有环境变量与女孩的整体身体活动相关。几个不同的环境因素与步行和体力活动有关。对社区环境的感知与女孩的步行比与客观测量的身体活动更密切相关。未来的研究应使用客观测量和前瞻性研究设计来证实这些发现。
Purpose. To examine associations between children's perceptions of the neighborhood environment and walking and physical activity.Design. Cross-sectional study of a school-based sample.Setting. Elementary schools in Melbourne, Australia.Subjects. 280 children aged 10 years (response rate 78%).Measures. A self-reported survey assessed children's perceptions of the neighborhood physical and social environments and their weekly walking frequency. Physical activity was also objectively measured using accelerometers.Results. Multiple linear regression analyses showed a positive association between walking frequency and the number of accessible destinctions in the neighborhood among boys; having a neighborhood that was easy to walk/cycle around and perceiving lots of graffiti were positively associated with boys' overall physical activity, but no environmental variables were associated with girl's overall physical activity.Conclusion. Several different environmental factors were associated with walking and physical activity. Perceptions of the neighborhood environment were more strongly associated with girls' walking than with objectively-measured physical activity. Future studies should confirm these findings using objective measures and prospective study designs.