Influences of Physical and Social Neighborhood Environments on Children's Physical Activity and Obesity

被引:221
作者
Franzini, Luisa [1 ]
Elliott, Marc N. [2 ,3 ]
Cuccaro, Paula [1 ]
Schuster, Mark [4 ]
Gilliland, M. Janice [5 ]
Grunbaum, Jo Anne [6 ]
Franklin, Frank [5 ]
Tortolero, Susan R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Houston, Sch Publ Hlth, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA
[3] RAND Corp, Los Angeles, CA USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Childrens Hosp Boston, Boston, MA USA
[5] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA
[6] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA
关键词
BODY-MASS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT GIRLS; OLDER-ADULTS; MULTILEVEL; HEALTH; WALKING; LEVEL;
D O I
10.2105/AJPH.2007.128702
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
100235 [预防医学];
摘要
Objectives. We investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood environments and fifth-grade students' physical activity and obesity. Methods. We collected data on 650 children and their primary caregivers during phase 1 of Healthy Passages, a multisite, community-based, cross-sectional study of health risk behaviors and health outcomes in children. We conducted independent systematic neighborhood observations to measure neighborhood physical characteristics, and we analyzed survey data on social processes. We modeled children's physical activity and obesity status with structural equation models that included latent variables for the physical and social environments. Results. After we controlled for children's sociodemographic factors, we found that a favorable social environment was positively associated with several measures of physical activity and that physical activity was negatively associated with obesity in these children. Physical environment was not significantly associated with physical activity. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that neighborhood social factors as well as the physical environment should be considered in the development of health policy and interventions to reduce childhood obesity. (Am J Public Health. 2009; 99:271-278. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.128702)
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页码:271 / 278
页数:8
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