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Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York City
Preventive medicine, v 131, pp 105948-105948
01 Feb 2020
PMID: 31836479
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Abstract
Urban parks provide spaces and facilities for children's physical activity (PA) and can be a free resource in low-income communities. This study examined whether neighborhood characteristics were associated with children's park use and park-based moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) in low-income diverse communities and how associations differed between ethnic groups. Data on park visits and MVPA came from 16,402 children 5-10-years old directly observed using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities in 20 parks in low-income neighborhoods with majority Latino or Asian populations in New York City. Neighborhood characteristics included land use mix (LUM), street audits, crime rates, and an area deprivation index. We employed Poisson and negative binomial models to estimate effects of neighborhood-level variables on the number of children observed in parks and engaging in MVPA, overall and by ethnicity. Results for Asian, Latino, and African American children indicated that higher levels of LUM and pedestrian-friendly streets were associated with greater numbers of children in parks and higher MVPA across all three groups. For Asian and Latino children only, quality of environment was positively associated with MVPA, whereas level of deprivation and crime rates in the surrounding neighborhood were negatively associated with children's park-based MVPA. In contrast, a park's access to public transportation was negatively associated with number of all children observed and engaging in MVPA. Study findings suggest that park-based MVPA interventions can be informed by understanding how neighborhood characteristics facilitate and constrain park use and park-based MVPA.
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- Title
- Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York City
- Creators
- Jing-Huei Huang - North Carolina State UniversityJ. Aaron Hipp - North Carolina State UniversityOriol Marquet - Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, NC State University, NC, USA; Center for Geospatial Analytics, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.Claudia Alberico - North Carolina State UniversityDustin Fry - Drexel UniversityElizabeth Mazak - North Carolina State UniversityGina S. Lovasi - Drexel UniversityWhitney R. Robinson - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMyron F. Floyd - North Carolina State University
- Publication Details
- Preventive medicine, v 131, pp 105948-105948
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000508356300008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85076341472
- Other Identifier
- 991019168778304721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health