TY - JOUR
T1 - Disentangling Associations of Neighborhood Street Scale Elements With Physical Activity in Mexican School Children
AU - Lee, Rebecca E.
AU - Soltero, Erica G.
AU - Jáuregui, Alejandra
AU - Mama, Scherezade K.
AU - Barquera, Simón
AU - Jauregui, Edtna
AU - Lopez y Taylor, Juan
AU - Ortiz-Hernández, Luis
AU - Lévesque, Lucie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, 2015 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Promoting outdoor play and participation in sports and organized physical activities in children may depend on neighborhood characteristics. This study investigated associations between neighborhood streets and physical activities among Mexican children (N = 1,509, 6-11 years). Child sociodemographic characteristics and physical activity were measured in schools in Guadalajara (n = 10), Mexico City (n = 13), and Puerto Vallarta (n = 3), Mexico, in 2012. Street segments within an 800 m radius around each school were measured using the Pedestrian Environment Data Scan. Most (75.8%) played outdoors; 47.4% participated in sports and 40% in organized physical activities. Fewer path obstructions and more pedestrian amenities were associated positively with outdoor play. Greater street cleanliness, more pedestrian amenities, and more path obstructions were associated with less participation in sports or organized activities. Walkability was negatively associated with all physical activities. Fostering safe and appealing streets may help promote outdoor play time, but not sports participation, for Mexican children.
AB - Promoting outdoor play and participation in sports and organized physical activities in children may depend on neighborhood characteristics. This study investigated associations between neighborhood streets and physical activities among Mexican children (N = 1,509, 6-11 years). Child sociodemographic characteristics and physical activity were measured in schools in Guadalajara (n = 10), Mexico City (n = 13), and Puerto Vallarta (n = 3), Mexico, in 2012. Street segments within an 800 m radius around each school were measured using the Pedestrian Environment Data Scan. Most (75.8%) played outdoors; 47.4% participated in sports and 40% in organized physical activities. Fewer path obstructions and more pedestrian amenities were associated positively with outdoor play. Greater street cleanliness, more pedestrian amenities, and more path obstructions were associated with less participation in sports or organized activities. Walkability was negatively associated with all physical activities. Fostering safe and appealing streets may help promote outdoor play time, but not sports participation, for Mexican children.
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U2 - 10.1177/0013916515615389
DO - 10.1177/0013916515615389
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954322414
SN - 0013-9165
VL - 48
SP - 150
EP - 171
JO - Environment and Behavior
JF - Environment and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -