The Neighborhood Recreational Environment and Physical Activity Among Urban Youth: An Examination of Public and Private Recreational Facilities
The Neighborhood Recreational Environment and Physical Activity Among Urban Youth: An Examination of Public and Private Recreational Facilities
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DOI：
10.1007/s10900-010-9355-1
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Voorhees, Carolyn C.
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作者：
Ries, Amy V.;Yan, Alice F.;Voorhees, Carolyn C.
休闲设施的可用性已被证明与青年的身体活动水平呈正相关。然而，很少有人知道影响他们的身体活动的使用，以及私人和公共设施之间的差异的其他设施的特点。本研究探讨（1）的看法和使用的公共和私人娱乐设施和（2）环境和个人水平的相关性，设施的使用和身体活动的城市青少年。身体活动进行了评估，使用加速度计，客观的措施，设施的可用性，获得使用地理信息系统的数据，和设施的使用和看法进行了测量与调查（N = 327）。青少年更有可能使用公共设施而不是私人设施，尽管他们认为私人设施质量更高。青少年对公共和私人设施的使用与感知（但不是客观的）可用性，感知质量以及朋友和家人的使用有关。公共设施的使用与体育活动有关，而私人设施的使用与体育活动无关。本研究揭示了公共设施对城市青少年体育活动的重要性。
Recreational facility availability has been shown to associate positively with youth physical activity levels. Nonetheless, little is known about additional facility characteristics affecting their use for physical activity as well as differences between private and public facilities. This study examines (1) perceptions and use of public and private recreational facilities and (2) environmental and individual-level correlates of both facility use and physical activity among urban adolescents. Physical activity was assessed using accelerometry, objective measures of facility availability were obtained using Geographical Information Systems data, and facility use and perceptions were measured with a survey (N = 327). Adolescents were more likely to use public than private facilities despite perceiving that private facilities were of higher quality. Adolescents' use of both public and private facilities was associated with perceived (but not objective) availability, perceived quality, and use by friends and family. Public, but not private, facility use was associated with physical activity. This study reveals the importance of public facilities to the physical activity of urban youth.