Promoting physical activity in rural communities - Walking trail access, use, and effects
Promoting physical activity in rural communities - Walking trail access, use, and effects
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DOI：
10.1016/s0749-3797(99)00165-8
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发表时间：
2000-04-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Sallis, JF
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作者：
Brownson, RC;Housemann, RA;Sallis, JF
简介：促进体育活动的环境和政策方法，如步行道的建设和推广，正在被广泛推荐，但缺乏关于其有效性的数据。在密苏里州，人们正在结合正在进行的社区干预项目，建造、推广和评估步行道。目标包括确定：（1）步行的模式和相关因素，（2）步行和进行其他形式体育活动的场所的可用性，（3）步行道使用的程度和对体育活动率的可能影响，（4）对步行道及其使用的态度。方法：在密苏里州的12个农村县，我们使用横断面电话调查询问年龄>18岁的居民的基于人口的样本（n = 1269）一些标准的和专门开发的关于步行行为、知识和态度的问题。约三分之一的受访者（36.5%）表示他们所在地区有步行道，50.3%的受访者表示他们可以使用室内设施进行锻炼。在可使用步行径的人士中，38.8%曾使用该等径。更有可能使用步行道的群体包括妇女、受教育程度较高的人、年收入35，000美元或以上的人以及经常步行的人。在使用过步道的人中，55.2%的人报告说，自从他们开始使用步道以来，他们增加了步行量。妇女和人与高中教育或更少的两倍以上的可能性增加了步行量，因为他们开始使用的步行trails.Conclusions：步行道可能是有益的，在促进身体活动的人群中，在最高风险的不活动，特别是妇女和人在较低的社会经济群体。
Introduction: Environmental and policy approaches to promote physical activity, such as walking trail construction and promotion, are being widely recommended, yet sparse data exist on their effectiveness. In conjunction with ongoing community-intervention projects in Missouri, walking trails are being built, promoted, and evaluated. Objectives include determining: (1) patterns and correlates of walking, (2) the availability of places to walk and perform other forms of physical activity, (3) the extent of walking trail use and possible effects on rates of physical activity, and (4) attitudes toward the trails and their uses.Methods: In 12 rural counties in Missouri we used a cross-sectional telephone survey to ask a population-based sample of residents aged >18 years (n = 1269) some standard and specially developed questions about walking behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes.Results: Only 19.5% of respondents were classified as regular walkers. About one third of respondents (36.5%) reported having access to walking trails in their area, and 50.3% reported having access to indoor facilities for exercise. Among persons with access to walking trails, 38.8% had used the trails. Groups who were more likely to have used the walking trails included women, persons with more education, those making $35,000 or more per year, and regular walkers. Among persons who had used the trails, 55.2% reported they had increased their amount of walking since they began using the trail. Women and persons with a high school education or less were more than twice as likely to have increased the amount of walking since they began using the walking trails.Conclusions: Walking trails may be beneficial in promoting physical activity among segments of the population at highest risk for inactivity, in particular women and persons in lower socioeconomic groups.