Assessing perceived physical environmental variables that may influence physical activity
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The present study evaluated a measure of perceived physical environments that may influence physical activity. Forty-three self-report items were used to assess environmental variables at homes, in neighborhoods, or on frequently traveled routes. The presence of facilitators of (e.g., equipment, programs, attractive surroundings) and barriers to (e.g., high crime) physical activity was assessed. In 110 college students, test-retest reliabilities were .89 for the home equipment scale, .68 for the neighborhood scale, and .80 for the convenient facilities scale. Home equipment and convenient facilities scales were correlated with self-reported physical activity. In multiple regression analyses, the only significant association, after adjusting for neighborhood socioeconomic status, was home equipment with strength exercise. Further research is needed to identify other environmental characteristics that may influence physical activity.
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Available data in each country did not always allow work groups to strictly apply the recommended benchmarks when estimating prevalence of active children and youth.
“the available data in each country did not necessarily allow the Report Card work groups to use either of the recommended benchmarks (see Table 1) strictly when estimating the prevalence of physically active children and youth in their sample.23,24,58”
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Even within subjective and objective data, methods varied substantially in instruments, analysis, age range, sample size, and sample representativeness.
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The identification and discussion of major trends in children's and youth's physical activity characteristics across the three HDI groupings was done for the first time.
“In addition, the identification and discussion of major trends concerning the characteristics of the physical activity of children and youth among the 3 HDI groupings were realized for the first time.[23][24][25]”
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- Authors
- Sallis, J. F., Johnson, M. F., Calfas, K. J., Caparosa, S., & Nichols, J. F.
- Affiliations
- San Diego State University (US)
- Venue
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1997-12
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 345-351
- ISSN
- 0034-5377 (ISSN-L)
- 0270-1367
- 2168-3824
- OpenAlex
- W2067928143
- Cited by
- 537
- References
- 19
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- FWCI
- 2.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01hl049505-04)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL49505)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
- Keywords
- physical activity, home equipment, neighborhood environment, crime, barriers to physical activity, facilitators of physical activity, resistance training, university students, test-retest reliability
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Environment, Female, Humans, Male, Socioeconomic Factors, Exercise, Sports Equipment
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