Social and built-environment factors related to children's independent mobility: The importance of neighbourhood cohesion and connectedness

Lin, En-Yi; Witten, Karen; Oliver, Melody; Carroll, Penelope; Asiasiga, Lanuola; Badland, Hannah; Parker, Karl

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.05.002

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“…Various studies have modelled ‘walkable’ neighbourhood design or ‘walkability’ and examined how built environment features of the neighbourhoods around schools influence ATS, however, few UK-based studies exist 16. Most studies conducted to date tend to be based in the USA,17–21 Canada,22–26 Australia,27–30 New Zealand31–35 and Spain 36–38…”

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Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10–11 years, Scotland, UK

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Strengths and limitations of this study► This study used a sample of children from across the whole of Scotland, and was weighted to ensure representativeness to the wider population of 10-11 years old living within Scotland. ► We included objectively measured home-to-school distance and walkability score. ► We explored how home-to-school distance moderates the effect of walkability on active travel. ► Travel mode (active vs non-active) was determined via self-report rather than objective measurement. AbStrACtObjectives To study the extent to which home-toschool distance and neighbourhood walkability were associated with self-reported active travel to school (ATS) (eg, walking, cycling), and to explore how distance moderates the effect of walkability on ATS, among 10-11 years old.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Data were collected between May 2015 and May 2016 in partnership with the Growing Up in Scotland Study, a nationally representative longitudinal cohort study.Participants 713 children (male (n=330) and female (n=383) 10-11 years old) from Studying Physical Activity in Children's Environments across Scotland. Primary and secondary outcome measures Children who actively travelled to/from school categorised as active all (100% of ATS) and active 60%+ (at least 60% of ATS); home-to-school road/path network distance (<0.5 km, 0.5 to <1 km, 1 to <1.5 km, 1.5 to <2 km, 2 km+); home neighbourhood walkability (i.e., composite measure of road/path intersection density and dwelling density) (in quintiles). results Distance and walkability were both associated with ATS. The likelihood of ATS for all or most journeys decreased with increasing distance. Compared with 'most' walkable areas (Q1), the odds of active all were significantly lower within least walkable areas (Q5 OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.99), and odds of active 60%+ were significantly less in Q2-Q5 (lowest odds Q5 OR 0.20, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.47). Regarding walkability and distance interactions, for all distance categories, higher walkability increased the probability of ATS (for most school journeys).Conclusion Walkability was positively associated with ATS within all distance categories, with the relationship between walkability and ATS more complex than the clear-cut association between distance and ATS. A more walkable environment had a larger effect on the probability of reaching the 60% threshold of school journeys using ATS than the probability of always travelling in an active manner. Investment is needed in existing less walkable neighbourhoods to provide infrastructure to support opportunities for children's ATS.

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Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10–11 years, Scotland, UK

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“…Una familia sobreprotectora puede impulsar distintas manifestaciones de dependencia frente a la posibilidad de satisfacer la subsistencia, dependencia respecto de la protección de otros, dependencia afectiva (Amar & Martinez, 2011;Mantini, 2015;Remor et al, 2003), dependencia en relación con la opinión de otros para tomar decisiones y crisis de identidad (Strang, 2015;Iancu, Bodner & Ben-Zion, 2015). Asimismo limita las posibilidades de integración más allá del seno familiar, lo que dificulta la participación de los infantes en el desarrollo comunitario (Lin et al, 2017;Crawford et al, 2017).…”

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Satisfactores del desarrollo infantil en contextos de interfase rural-urbana

Varela

Martínez–González

2019

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Resumen Este artículo analiza los satisfactores del desarrollo infantil presentes en las prácticas de cuidado que padres y cuidadores implementan con sus niños entre los 0 y 8 años de edad, desde la perspectiva del desarrollo a escala humana. Los participantes, principalmente mujeres, fueron entrevistadas en grupos focales y la información recolectada se procesó con la técnica del análisis categorial de información. Los resultados mostraron que los cuidadores suelen utilizar prácticas que contienen satisfactores sinérgicos del desarrollo infantil, pero también dan cuenta de prácticas que se pueden considerar inhibidoras y pseudosatisfactoras en el proceso de cuidado y crianza de los niños.

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“…Emerging evidence suggests that active transport to and from school increases with age during childhood, particularly from childhood to adolescence, though some studies have shown that active transport declines with age (Tranter et al, 2012). Individual, social and physical environmental level factors influence independent mobility and physical activities behaviour (Veitch et al, 2017) On the other hand, the traffic and safety measures put in place by creating traffic-separated areas influences children's mobility with emphasis on the importance of neighborhood cohesion and connectedness (Lin et al, 2017). It was further revealed that children living in apartment buildings with courtyards close to the parks in Rome and in new neighborhoods enjoyed independent Mobility.…”

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An Appraissal of Independent Mobility towards Advancing Child-friendly Military Barrack Community Milieu in Developing Countries

Daodu

Said

2018

E-BPJ

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Independent mobility means children's opportunity of free play in the neighborhood without adult supervision. Meanwhile, mobility restriction has affected child environmental friendliness of military barrack community in developing countries including Nigeria. The aim of this study is to explore underlying parameters of independent mobility in advancing child-friendly barrack. Thirty journal articles in children's environment studies were reviewed and analyzed in relation to military geographies and its built environment. Children's level of independent mobility influences their physical, social, cognitive, and emotional developments. Consequently, walking or cycling-friendly environment as active travel mode for children was found to have positively contributed to improved quality of life.

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Social and built-environment factors related to children's independent mobility: The importance of neighbourhood cohesion and connectedness

Cited by 79 publications

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Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10–11 years, Scotland, UK

Active commute to school: does distance from school or walkability of the home neighbourhood matter? A national cross-sectional study of children aged 10–11 years, Scotland, UK

Satisfactores del desarrollo infantil en contextos de interfase rural-urbana

An Appraissal of Independent Mobility towards Advancing Child-friendly Military Barrack Community Milieu in Developing Countries

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