Neighborhood perceptions and active school commuting in low-income cities.
Neighborhood perceptions and active school commuting in low-income cities.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2013.04.023
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发表时间：
2013-10
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Ohri-Vachaspati P
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作者：
Deweese RS;Yedidia MJ;Tulloch DL;Ohri-Vachaspati P
很少有孩子每天累积推荐的 ≥60 分钟的体力活动。主动往返学校 (ATS) 是儿童活动增加的潜在来源，占学龄儿童总出行和出行时间的 22%。本研究确定了四个低收入、人口稠密的城市社区（以少数民族人口为主）中学生的家长对社区的看法、地理空间变量和人口特征与 ATS 之间的关系。数据收集自 2009 年至 2010 年新泽西州四个低收入城市有在学儿童的家庭。多变量逻辑回归分析 (n=765) 确定了 ATS 的预测因素。 2012 年进行了分析。总体而言，54% 的学生积极通勤上学。家长认为社区活动非常不愉快的学生不太可能 (OR=0.39) 主动通勤，住得离学校较远的学生也是如此，到学校的距离每增加 0.10 英里，ATS 就会减少 6%。对犯罪、交通和人行道状况的看法并不是苯丙胺类兴奋剂的预测因素。在预测所研究的低收入城市社区的积极通勤上学方面，家长对社区舒适度的看法（与学校距离的影响无关）可能会超过对犯罪、交通或人行道状况的担忧。清理涂鸦、照顾废弃建筑物以及提供遮荫树以改善社区环境等努力可能会增加苯丙胺类兴奋剂的增加，鼓励学校建在离其服务人群更近的地方的努力也可能会增加。
Few children accumulate the recommended ≥60 minutes of physical activity each day. Active travel to and from school (ATS) is a potential source of increased activity for children, accounting for 22% of total trips and time spent traveling by school-aged children. This study identifies the association of parents’ perceptions of the neighborhood, geospatial variables, and demographic characteristics with ATS among students in four low-income, densely populated urban communities with predominantly minority populations. Data were collected in 2009–2010 from households with school-attending children in four low-income New Jersey cities. Multivariate logistic regression analyses (n=765) identified predictors of ATS. Analyses were conducted in 2012. In all, 54% of students actively commuted to school. Students whose parents perceived the neighborhood as very unpleasant for activity were less likely (OR=0.39) to actively commute, as were students living farther from school, with a 6% reduction in ATS for every 0.10 mile increase in distance to school. Perceptions of crime, traffic, and sidewalk conditions were not predictors of ATS. Parents’ perceptions of the pleasantness of the neighborhood, independent of the effects of distance from school, may outweigh concerns about crime, traffic, or conditions of sidewalks in predicting active commuting to school in the low-income urban communities studied. Efforts such as cleaning up graffiti, taking care of abandoned buildings, and providing shade trees to improve neighborhood environments are likely to increase ATS, as are efforts that encourage locating schools closer to the populations they serve.