Parental physical activity, safety perceptions and children’s independent mobility

BMC Public Health

Elisa A Marques²  Jorge Mota¹  Andreia N Pizarro¹  Maria Paula Santos¹ 

[1] Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa 91, Porto 4200-450, Portugal;Higher Education Institute of Maia (ISMAI), Maia, Portugal

关键词: Outdoor activity;    Physical activity;    Environment;    Neighborhood;    Residence characteristics;    Youth;   

Others  :  1162098
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-584

 received in 2013-01-14, accepted in 2013-06-12,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Parents are likely to be a basic influence on their children's behavior. There is an absence of information about the associations between parents' physical activity and perception of neighborhood environment with children’s independent mobility.

The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of parental physical activity and perception of neighborhood safety to children’s independent mobility.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study of 354 pupils and their parents, independent mobility, perceptions of neighborhood safety and physical activity were evaluated by questionnaire. Categorical principal components analyses were used to determine the underlying dimensions of both independent mobility and perceptions of neighborhood safety items.

Results

The strongest predictor of independent mobility was the parental perception of sidewalk and street safety (ß = 0.132). Parent’s physical activity was also a significant predictor. The final model accounted for 13.0% of the variance.

Conclusions

Parental perception of neighborhood safety and parents’ self reported physical activity might be associated with children’s independent mobility. Further research in this topic is needed to explore this possible association.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Santos et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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