Does being an Olympic city help improve recreational resources? Examining the quality of physical activity resources in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro

ABSTRACT Favelas are low-income urban communities in Brazil, and Maré in Rio de Janeiro has the largest cluster of favelas in the country. The prevailing view of a unique, regulated, and normative city conflicts with the reality of the continued expansion of the favelas, posing challenges for architects and urban planners in developing new strategies for integrating informal areas with the main city. This study focused on a decaying industrial area adjacent to the Maré favelas and explored a sustainable path for improving both the quality of the built environment and the quality of life of the residents. Effective infrastructure and socioeconomic links between the favelas and the city were proposed. The home production model that emerged from the favelas inspired the use of the abandoned industrial area as a home-industry incubator. The study proposed an urban regeneration strategy involving a bottom-up industry-space process evolving from home industries to group industries, and finally to larger community industries. This strategy can accelerate Maré’s development and integration with the city of Rio de Janeiro.

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Public open spaces and physical activity: disparities of resources in Florianópolis

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.11606/s1518-8787.2019053001164 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 112

Author(s):

Sofia Wolker Manta ◽

Rodrigo Siqueira Reis ◽

Tânia Rosane Bertoldo Benedetti ◽

Cassiano Ricardo Rech

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Low Income ◽

High Income ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Open Spaces ◽

High Quality ◽

Census Tracts ◽

Physical Activity Facilities ◽

Public Open Spaces

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between sociodemographic characteristics of census tracts and the presence/quality of public open spaces and physical activity facilities. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 643 census tracts in Florianópolis, Brazil, the presence and quality of public open spaces and physical activity facilities were objectively analyzed and the data by census tracts using Geographic Information Systems was treated. Outcomes were analyzed considering the census tracts as having: ≥ 1 public open spaces; ≥ 1 public open spaces with high quality; ≥ 2 physical activity facilities and high-quality physical activity facilities. Sociodemographic characteristics were the independent variables. Logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: Census tracts with a medium-income (OR = 1.8; 95%CI 1.1–3.0) and high-income (OR = 2.4; 95%CI 1.4–4.0), in those with medium (OR = 1.7; 95%CI 1.0–2.7) and high residential density (OR = 2.0; 95%CI 1,2–3.3), and with higher proportions of older adults (OR = 3.3; 95%CI 1.9–5.7) had a higher proportion of public open spaces. Census tracts with higher proportions of children/adolescents (OR = 0.3; 95%CI 0.2–0.6) and non-white residents (OR= 0.6; 95%CI 0.3–0.9) were less likely to contain public open spaces. The tracts with medium (OR = 4.0; 95%CI 1.4–11.3) and high-income (OR = 3.6; 95%CI 1.2–10.2) were more likely to contain public open spaces with ≥ 2 structures for physical activity, compared with those with low-income. We observed the inverse in sectors with a high proportion of non-white residents (OR = 0.3; 95%CI 0.1–0.9). CONCLUSIONS: Census tracts with higher proportions of children or adolescents, non-white individuals and those in the low-income strata had lower odds of containing public open spaces and physical activity facilities.

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Low-income neighborhood barriers and resources for adolescents’ physical activity

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.02.027 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 253-259 ◽

Cited By ~ 86

Author(s):

Andrea J. Romero

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Low Income ◽

Income Neighborhood

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Physical Activity, Obesity, Nutritional Health and Quality of Life in Low-Income Hispanic Adults With Diabetes

Journal of Community Health Nursing ◽

10.1080/07370011003704933 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 70-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Jie Hu ◽

Debra C. Wallace ◽

Anita S. Tesh

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Low Income ◽

Nutritional Health ◽

Hispanic Adults

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Physical activity, physical fitness and quality of life in outpatients with major depressive disorder versus matched healthy controls: data from a low-income country

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.092 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Davy Vancampfort ◽

Samuel Kimbowa ◽

Felipe Schuch ◽

James Mugisha

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Major Depressive Disorder ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Physical Fitness ◽

Low Income ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Low Income Country

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Promoting physical activity in a low-income neighborhood of the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis: effects of a community-based intervention to increase physical activity

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-016-3360-y ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Camille Buscail ◽

Mehdi Menai ◽

Benoît Salanave ◽

Paul Daval ◽

Marjorie Painsecq ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Low Income ◽

Community Based ◽

Income Neighborhood

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Physical Activity Level and Muscular Power of Physical Education Students

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17921/2447-8938.2019v21n2p149-152 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 149

Author(s):

Felipe Da Silva Triani ◽

Victor Alessandro Pedreira ◽

Walter Gabriel S'antanna Souza ◽

Glhevysson Dos Santos Barros ◽

Victor Gonçalves Corrêa Neto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Education ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Muscle Power ◽

Muscular Power ◽

Education Students ◽

Physically Active ◽

Physical Education Students

AbstractBeing physically active is an indispensable condition for health and quality of life. In addition, literature has presented promising studies on muscle power associations with other parameters of health-related physical fitness. However, there is still little evidence to assess the level of physical activity and muscle power. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the level of physical activity and muscular power of physical education students of a course in Rio de Janeiro. In order to reach the proposed goal, 37 physical education students of both sexes, with a mean age of 26.13 years, participated in responding the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and performing the horizontal impulse jump test for muscular power. As a result, it was observed that 86% of men were classified as very active and active. For women, 63,63% were identified as very active and active. For power, mean values of 2.02 ± 0.16 for men and 1.48 ± 0.27 for women were obtained. Therefore, it was concluded that both males and females are physically active, although males represent a greater quantitative muscle power, which is largely inferior to previously published studies. Keywords: Muscle Strength. Exercise. Sport. Quality of Life ResumoSer ativo fisicamente constitui condição indispensável para a saúde a qualidade de vida. Além disso, a literatura tem apresentado estudos promissores sobre as associações da potência muscular com outros parâmetros da aptidão física relacionada à saúde. No entanto, ainda são poucas as evidências que buscaram avaliar nível de atividade física e potência muscular. Dessa forma, o objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar o nível de atividade física e a potência muscular de estudantes de educação física de um curso no Rio de Janeiro. Para atingir ao objetivo proposto 37 estudantes de educação física, de ambos os sexos, com média de idade de 26,13 anos participaram ao responder ao Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física (IPAQ) e executar o teste de salto de impulsão horizontal para potência muscular. Como resultado, foi observado que 86% dos homens foram classificados como muito ativos e ativos. Já para mulheres 63,63% foram identificadas como muito ativas e ativas. Para potência obteve-se os valores de média de 2,02 ± 0,16 para homens e 1,48 ± 0,27 para mulheres. Portanto, concluiu-se que tanto o sexo masculino quanto o feminino são ativos fisicamente, embora os homens representem um maior quantitativo a potência muscular mostrou-se inferior, em grande parte, aos estudos anteriormente publicados. Palavras-chave: Força Muscular. Exercício. Qualidade de Vida.

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