Perception of the social and built environment and physical activity among Northeastern Brazil adolescents

Júnior, José Cazuza de Farias; Lopes, Adair da Silva; Mota, Jorge; Santos, Maria Paula; Ribeiro, José Carlos; Hallal, Pedro Curi

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.12.002

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“…De maneira similar ao verificado no presente estudo, em pesquisas conduzidas no Brasil (Curitiba) 15 , na Holanda (Roterdã) 19 , em Portugal (Porto) 37 e na Nova Zelândia (Auckland) 20 , os autores encontraram associação positiva entre presença e proximidade de instalações de lazer (parques, quadras, academias e ciclovias) com a prática de atividade física de adolescentes. Contudo, esses resultados são distintos aos encontrados em João Pessoa, onde a percepção de presença de locais para a prática de atividade física no bairro não se associou com a prática de atividade física de intensidade moderada a vigorosa 14 . Essa parcial inconsistência pode ser explicada por diferenças metodológicas na medida do ambiente entre as pesquisas (distâncias até os locais vs. presença de locais).…”

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“…Por exemplo, Farias Júnior et al 14 não observaram associação entre a percepção do ambiente com a prática de atividade física de intensidade moderada a vigorosa em adolescentes de João Pessoa, Paraíba. No entanto, Reis et al 15 verificaram, em adolescentes de Curitiba, Paraná, que a percepção de proximidade até os parques está positivamente associada com prá-tica de atividade física nesses locais.…”

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Distância percebida até as instalações de lazer e sua associação com a prática de atividade física e de exercícios em adolescentes de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

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Oliveira³

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Distância percebida até as instalações de lazer e sua associação com a prática de atividade física e de exercícios em adolescentes de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

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Fermino²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2013

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“…In the second stage 135 high school classes were randomly selected, distributed proportionally by high school year (9 th , 10 th and 11 th grades) and shift (day [morning + afternoon] and evening). Detailed information about the sampling process were described in a previous publication 23 .…”

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Reliability and validity of a physical activity social support assessment scale in adolescents - ASAFA Scale

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Mendonça

Florindo

et al. 2014

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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AbstrAct:Objective: To analyze the reliability and validity of a scale used to measure social support for physical activity in adolescents -ASAFA Scale. Methods: This study included 2,755 adolescents (57.6% girls, 16.5 ± 1.2 years of age), from Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil. Initially, the scale was consisted of 12 items (6 for social support from parents and 6 from friends). The reliability of the scale was estimated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α), by the Composite Reliability (CR), and by the model with two factors and factorial invariance by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) adequacy. Results: The CFA results confirmed that the social support scale contained two factors (factor 1: social support from parents; factor 2: social support from friends) with five items each (one item was excluded from each scale), all with high factor loadings (> 0.65) and acceptable adjustment indexes (RMR = 0.050; RMSEA = 0.063; 90%CI: 0.060 -0.067); AGFI = 0.903; GFI = 0.940; CFI = 0.934, NNFI = 0.932). The internal consistency was satisfactory (parents: α ≥ 0.77 and CR³ ≥ 0.83; friends: α ≥ 0.87 and CR ≥ 0.91). The scale`s factorial invariance was confirmed (p > 0.05; ∆χ 2 and ∆CFI ≤ 0.01) across all subgroups analyzed (gender, age, economic class). The construct validity was evidenced by the significant association (p < 0.05) between the adolescents physical activity level and the social support score of parents (rho = 0.29) and friends (rho = 0.39). Conclusions: The scale showed reliability, factorial invariance and satisfactory validity, so it can be used in studies with adolescents.

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“…In Brazil, two large studies carried out in capitals do not present a direct relation between safety perception and PA practice. Nevertheless, the same studies show that observing people their own age practicing PA in the neighborhood and noticing the existence of places they like near their home (♂ OR = 1.96; 95%CI 1.40 -2.78 and ♀ OR = 1.33; 95%CI 1.10 -1.74) 15 and the presence of people their own age (♀ OR = 1.8; IC95% 1.3 -2.4) are associated to PA practice 16 . However, in addition to being limited and few studies, the results available up until now show inconsistency as to their findings.…”

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Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity among high school students from Curitiba, Brazil

Lopes

Lanzoni

Hino

et al. 2014

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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ABSTRACT:Objective: To analyze the association between perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity (PA) in high school students from Curitiba (PR), Brazil. Methods: A sample of 1,611 high school students from public schools was surveyed. The PA was assessed through questions, engaged for at least 20 minutes or 60 minutes. Perceptions on neighborhood environment were assessed through ten questions about neighborhood characteristics. Gender, age and number of cars in the household were self-reported and used as confounding variables. Absolute and relative frequencies were used in the sample, and associations were tested through adjusted logistic regressions for the confounding variables and stratified by gender (p < 0.05). Results: The adjusted analyses showed that the variables "interesting things" among girls (OR = 1.77; 95%CI 1.05 -2.96) and "there are places I like" (OR = 2.18; 95%CI 1.33 -3.58) and "I see people my age", among boys, were associated with PA of at least 20 minutes/day once a week. Additionally, among boys, "I see people my age" was associated with 60-minute (OR = 1.68; 95%CI 1.15 -2.45). Perceiving the neighborhood environment as "very good" was associated with higher chances of taking up PA among girls (OR = 1.92; 95%CI 1.15 -3.22) and boys (OR = 3.13;. Conclusion: A positive perception of the environment was associated to PA practice among boys and girls in this sample. The results suggest that some environmental characteristics which make neighborhoods more attractive could be related to PA among adolescents.

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Perception of the social and built environment and physical activity among Northeastern Brazil adolescents

Cited by 32 publications

References 37 publications

Distância percebida até as instalações de lazer e sua associação com a prática de atividade física e de exercícios em adolescentes de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Distância percebida até as instalações de lazer e sua associação com a prática de atividade física e de exercícios em adolescentes de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Reliability and validity of a physical activity social support assessment scale in adolescents - ASAFA Scale

Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity among high school students from Curitiba, Brazil

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