“You Can’t Go to the Park, You Can’t Go Here, You Can’t Go There”: Exploring Parental Experiences of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Their Children’s Movement Behaviours

Children

Mariana Brussoni¹  MarkS. Tremblay²  SarahA. Moore³  Madelaine Gierc⁴  NeginA. Riazi⁴  Kelly Wunderlich⁴  Guy Faulkner⁴ 

[1] Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Rm 2D19, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada;Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Research Building 1, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada;School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Stairs House, 6230 South Street, Halifax, NS B3H 1T8, Canada;School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, 210-6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada;

关键词: physical activity;    screen time;    qualitative;    outdoor play;    interview;   

DOI  :  10.3390/children8030219

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The COVID-19 outbreak and related public health guidelines have changed the daily lives of Canadians and restricted opportunities for healthy movement behaviours for children. The purpose of this study was to explore how parents experienced the pandemic-related restrictions and how they impacted their children’s movement behaviours. Methods: Twenty-nine semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted (June–July 2020) with parents of children (5–11 years old) in Ontario and British Columbia. Interviews lasted between 24–104 min, were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analyzed. Results: Findings emphasized various individual (e.g., motivation), interpersonal (e.g., parent work schedule), built (e.g., closure of parks) and natural environment (e.g., weather) factors related to children’s movement behaviours. The findings highlighted the loss of structured activities and destinations for children’s physical activity, and restricted opportunities for outdoor play exacerbated by shrinking childhood independent mobility. Conclusion: Families are adapting to many pandemic-related challenges including adhering to public health restrictions, parents juggling multiple roles, conducting work and school from home, as well as exacerbating factors like weather. It will be important to continue to encourage outdoor time, support policies and practice that facilitate independent mobility, and develop centralized resources that help families in the maintenance of healthy movement behaviours.

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