Three-Year Changes in Low-Income Children's Physical Activity: Prospective Influence of Neighborhood Environment and Parent Supportive Behavior

French, Simone A.; Fan, Yingling; Kunin‐Batson, Alicia; Berge, Jerica M.; Kohli, Nidhi; Lamm, Rik; Sherwood, Nancy E.

doi:10.1016/j.ympdx.2021.100066

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“…Among adults, the findings in the literature vary regarding the relationship between neighborhood safety and physical activity depending on whether quantitative or qualitative methods were used (Foster & Giles-Corti, 2008). Some inconsistencies have also been observed in preschoolers as some studies have found no relationship between neighborhood safety and preschooler physical activity or coactivity (French et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2020), whereas others have (Eichinger et al, 2017; Ezeugwu et al, 2021). However, in qualitative studies, concerns about crime, vagrants, and general safety have consistently been expressed by parents as important for their preschool child’s physical activity and coactivity (Hnatiuk et al, 2020; Lindsay et al, 2006).…”

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Perceived relevance of neighborhood features for encouraging preschoolers’ active play, parents’ active recreation, and parent–child coactivity.

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To identify features parents perceived as being relevant for their child's active play, their own active recreation, and their coactivity. Parents (n = 145, M age = 36.2 years) with preschoolers (M age = 3.9 years) living in Edmonton, Canada were recruited from each of Edmonton's council wards. Parents reported demographic information and the importance of several neighborhood features (destinations, design, social, safety, esthetics) for their child's active play, their own active recreation, and their coactivity via six-item Likert scales. After dichotomizing response options, a series of proportional tests accounting for the clustered data (council ward) were performed to identify features considered relevant (important/most important) or not relevant (not at all important/unimportant/neutral/not applicable) by the majority of parents (>50%). The majority of parents reported that 23 of the 32 neighborhood features were perceived as being relevant for all activity domains. These included destinations (parks, playgrounds, arenas, schools, sport fields, arenas/ice rinks, river valley/ravine), design features (quiet streets, trails, sidewalks), social features (friends/family, child's friends, other children playing outside, knowing neighbors, trusting neighbors), safety features (street lighting, crime, traffic, daylight, sidewalk maintenance, crosswalks), and esthetic features (cleanliness, natural features). Parents reported several neighborhood features as being relevant for promoting their child's active play, their own active recreation, and coactivity. These findings may be helpful in guiding future research examining neighborhood correlates of physical activity among preschoolers and their parents. Further, relevant government officials may find this information useful for creating neighborhoods for active living in young families. Public Significance StatementSeveral neighborhood features were identified by parents as being relevant for their child's active play, their own active recreation, and coactivity. Nearly all social and safety aspects appeared to be particularly relevant for all three domains. These findings should be considered by relevant government officials who are trying to create active communities.

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