Adolescent physical activity and the built environment: A latent class analysis approach

McDonald, Kelsey; Hearst, Mary O.; Farbakhsh, Kian; Patnode, Carrie D.; Forsyth, Ann; Sirard, John R.; Lytle, Leslie A.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.004

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“…In most cases the specific manifestations of these barriers are analogous to urban situations, like crowded modest housing, unknown neighbors, and parents’ work schedules. However, they reinforce the importance of built and social environment for enabling children’s physical activity [25–27]. …”

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Latino Mothers in Farmworker Families’ Beliefs About Preschool Children’s Physical Activity and Play

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Arcury

Trejo

et al. 2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Objective Document beliefs about the contribution of physical activity to preschool-aged children’s health held by Latino mothers in farmworker families, and delineate their perceived barriers or constraints that impose limits on preschool-aged children’s physical activity. Method Qualitative data obtained through semi-structured in-depth interviews (N=33) with mothers of preschool-aged children living in Latino farmworker families in North Carolina. Results Mothers universally agree that regular vigorous physical activity is good for preschool-aged children’s health, including obesity prevention. However, excessive physical activity can produce illnesses, as well as other physical and emotional problems, and should be limited. Mothers wanted their children to engage in more sedentary forms of activity because they believed it would benefit learning. Physical and chemical hazards in rural environments, distance to parks and play spaces, and lack of familiarity and concerns about neighbors constrained children’s physical activity. Conclusions Although physical activity is believed to be beneficial, strong cultural beliefs and real contextual barriers undermine preschool-aged Latino farmworker children’s level of physical activity.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Latino Mothers in Farmworker Families’ Beliefs About Preschool Children’s Physical Activity and Play

Grzywacz

Arcury

Trejo

et al. 2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…25 Buffer size was 1600 meters, as used in previous work related to adolescent physical activity. 25,26 For Census variables, data were analyzed at the tract level. Police department data were used to determine counts of personal and property crimes committed in 2010.…”

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Multicontextual Correlates of Adolescent Leisure-Time Physical Activity

Graham

Wall

Larson

et al. 2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Background Adolescent moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is influenced by many factors. MVPA-promotion interventions would fare better if these multiple determinants were better understood. Purpose To simultaneously assess overall and relative contributions of factors from personal, family, friend, school, and neighborhood contexts to adolescent MVPA. It was hypothesized that: (1) key correlates would emerge in each context; (2) factors from more- versus less-proximal contexts would relate more strongly to MVPA. Methods Students in grades 6–12 (n=2793; mean age=14.4 [SD=2.0] years; 53% girls) were recruited from 20 Minnesota public schools in 2009–2010 to participate in the Eating and Activity in Teens 2010 study. Regression analyses conducted in 2013 examined factors related to weekly MVPA. Data were collected from adolescent participants, their parents and friends, school teachers and administrators, and GIS sources. Results Fifty multicontextual factors explained 25% of MVPA variance for boys and 27% for girls. Personal factors (e.g., self-efficacy) were most predictive of MVPA, followed by social factors (e.g., support for PA); environmental factors (e.g., access to PA resources) were least predictive of adolescent PA. Gender differences emerged for several predictors (e.g., in mutually adjusted analyses, MVPA among girls, but not boys, related positively to distance to trails and MVPA among female friends and fathers, and related negatively to perceived barriers). Conclusions Stronger linkages exist between adolescent MVPA and more-proximal (personal, family, and friend) factors compared to more-distal (school and neighborhood) factors, suggesting the importance of working with adolescents, their families, and friends to promote PA.

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“…25, 32 Studies suggest that certain combinations of self-reported BE features were more strongly related to meeting PA guidelines in adults than any single factor. 33, 34 Three studies examined objectively measured BE features for adolescents’ PA, 31, 35, 36 but none examined objectively measured features for adults’ PA.…”

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Patterns of Walkability, Transit, and Recreation Environment for Physical Activity

Adams

Todd

Conway

et al. 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Introduction Diverse combinations of built environment (BE) features for physical activity (PA) are understudied. This study explored whether patterns of GIS-derived BE features explained objective and self-reported PA, sedentary behavior, and BMI. Methods Neighborhood Quality of Life Study participants (N=2,199, aged 20–65 years, 48.2% female, 26% ethnic minority) were sampled in 2001–2005 from Seattle/King County, WA and Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC regions. Their addresses were geocoded to compute net residential density, land use mix, retail floor area ratio, intersection density, public transit, and public park and private recreation facility densities using a 1-km network buffer. Latent profile analyses (LPAs) were estimated from these variables. Multilevel regression models compared profiles on accelerometer-measured moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) and self-reported PA, adjusting for covariates and clustering. Analyses were conducted in 2013–2014. Results Seattle region LPAs yielded four profiles, including low walkable/transit/recreation (L-L-L), mean walkability/transit/recreation (M-M-M), moderately high walkability/transit/recreation (MH-MH-MH), and high walkability/transit/recreation (H-H-H). All measures were higher in the H-H-H than the L-L-L profile (difference of 17.1 minutes/day for MVPA, 146.5 minutes/week for walking for transportation, 58.2 minutes/week for leisure-time PA, and 2.2 BMI points; all p<0.05). Baltimore region LPAs yielded four profiles, including L-L-L, M-M-M, high land use mix, transit, and recreation (HLU-HT-HRA), and high intersection density, high retail floor area ratio (HID-HRFAR). HLU-HT-HRA and L-L-L differed by 12.3 MVPA minutes/day; HID-HRFAR and L-L-L differed by 157.4 minutes/week for walking for transportation (all p<0.05). Conclusions Patterns of environmental features explain greater differences in adults’ PA than the four-component walkability index.

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Adolescent physical activity and the built environment: A latent class analysis approach

Cited by 39 publications

References 64 publications

Latino Mothers in Farmworker Families’ Beliefs About Preschool Children’s Physical Activity and Play

Latino Mothers in Farmworker Families’ Beliefs About Preschool Children’s Physical Activity and Play

Multicontextual Correlates of Adolescent Leisure-Time Physical Activity

Patterns of Walkability, Transit, and Recreation Environment for Physical Activity

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