Rural Latino youth park use: characteristics, park amenities, and physical activity.
Rural Latino youth park use: characteristics, park amenities, and physical activity.
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拉丁裔农村青年公园的使用：特点、公园设施和体育活动。
DOI：
10.1007/s10900-010-9320-z
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Thompson,Beti
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作者：
Perry,CynthiaK;Saelens,BrainE;Thompson,Beti
只有不到一半的青年参加足够的身体活动以获得健康益处。公园和娱乐场所的关键环境因素可能会影响青少年的身体活动。我们试图确定年轻人的特征和行为，这些特征和行为吸引年轻人去公园，并鼓励他们在以拉丁裔社区为主的农村公园进行体育活动。我们使用公园和娱乐空间环境评估（EAPRS）工具检查了13个公园和娱乐空间的设施质量，这些公园和娱乐空间是中学生在他们的社区中可以使用的。中学生在学校教室完成调查（n= 1102），涉及公园使用、体育活动和个人特征（如激励因素）。我们使用逻辑回归来确定任何公园使用，使用高质量的场地和庭院公园，以及活跃和久坐的公园使用之间的相关性。年龄较小，参加课外活动，以及将团队视为激励因素与任何公园使用呈正相关。使用高质量的球场和野外公园与参加课后活动和拉丁裔有关。男孩和拉丁美洲人在公园里活跃的几率更大。年龄较大和饮酒与在公园久坐有关，而在公园久坐的几率较低的男孩和青少年符合体育锻炼指南。有组织的团队活动可以鼓励拉丁裔青年积极使用高质量的场地和场地；从而增加他们的体力活动水平。
Less than half of youth engage in sufficient physical activity to achieve health benefits. Key environmental factors of park and recreation spaces may influence youth physical activity. We sought to ascertain youth characteristics and behaviors that attract youth to parks with specific amenities and encourage physical activity while at the parks in a rural, predominantly Latino community. We examined the quality of amenities in the 13 parks and recreation spaces that middle school aged youth have access to in their community using the Environmental Assessment of Parks and Recreation Spaces (EAPRS) tool. Middle school students completed surveys in the school classroom (n= 1,102) regarding park use, physical activity, and intrapersonal characteristics (e.g., motivators). We used logistic regression to identify correlates of any park use, use of higher quality field and court parks, and active and sedentary park use. Younger age, participation in an after school activity, and identification of a team as a motivator were positively associated with any park use. Use of higher quality court and field parks was associated with participation in an after school activity and being Latino. The odds of being active in the parks were greater for boys and Latinos. Older age and alcohol use are correlated with being sedentary at the park, while odds of being sedentary at the park were lower for boys and youth who met physical activity guidelines. Organized team activities may encourage active use of higher quality fields and courts parks by Latino youth; thereby, increasing their level of physical activity.