scholarly journals Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity in Mexican American Children at Home

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. McKenzie ◽  
Barbara Baquero ◽  
Noe C. Crespo ◽  
Elva M. Arredondo ◽  
Nadia R. Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
After School ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Reduced Physical Activity ◽  
American Children ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Trained Observers ◽  
At Home

Background:Understanding home environments might shed light on factors contributing to reduced physical activity (PA) in children, particularly minorities. Few studies have used microlevel observations to simultaneously assess children’s PA and associated conditions in homes.Methods:Trained observers assessed PA and associated physical and social environmental variables in the homes of 139 Mexican American children (69 boys, 70 girls; mean age = 6 years) after school.Results:Children spent most time indoors (77%) and being sedentary (74%). Reduced PA was associated with viewing media, being indoors, and parents being present. Increased PA was associated with prompts for PA and other children being present. PA prompts differed by child gender and location and prompter age status.Conclusions:Children are frequently sedentary at home. Microlevel observations showed PA is associated with potentially modifiable social and physical factors, including spending time outdoors. Studies to determine whether interventions on these correlates can improve children’s PA are needed.

Do You Hear What I Hear? Overweight Children’s Perceptions of Different Physical Activity Settings

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen S. Meaney ◽  
Melanie A. Hart ◽  
L. Kent Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
After School ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Activity Settings ◽  
Children's Perceptions ◽  
Children’S Perceptions ◽  
American Children

Social-Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986, 1999) served as the framework to explore overweight children’s perceptions of different physical activity settings. Participants were children (n = 67) enrolled in an after-school and summer program for overweight African-American and Hispanic-American children from low-income families. To gain insight into the children’s thoughts encompassing their participation in both the after school/summer program and their physical education classes at their respective elementary schools, all of the children individually participated in semistructured interviews. Children enjoyed their involvement in the after-school/summer program and described social, physical, and cognitive benefits related to their participation. Interview data also revealed children’s ideas and suggestions for adapting physical education to enhance participation in physical activity. Based on these results, instructional and management strategies focusing on promoting a nurturing environment in physical activity settings for all children (overweight and nonoverweight) are presented and discussed.

scholarly journals The relationship between the home environment and children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour at home

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Michael P. R. Sheldrick
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behaviour ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Children's Home ◽  
Environment Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity ◽  
At Home

Increasing children’s physical activity (PA) and reducing their sedentary behaviour are considered important preventative measures for obesity and several other health risk factors in children. Given children spend significant time at home, an improved understanding of these behaviours in the home environment would provide invaluable insight for interventions. Therefore, the overarching aim of this thesis was to provide new insight into how the home environment is related to children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour. Study 1 investigated the relationship between sufficient moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (≥60 min·day–1) and excessive screen-time (≥2 h·day–1) with lifestyle factors in children, and found they were associated with healthy and unhealthy factors, respectively. This study highlighted the importance of meeting PA and screen-time recommendations in relation to important health-related lifestyle factors, which is of concern, as few children were shown to meet such recommendations. Identifying the correlates of children’s behaviours is an important stage in intervention development, therefore studies 2-5 focussed on improving understanding of children’s PA and sedentary behaviour at home. Study 2 demonstrated the validity and reliability of HomeSPACE-II, a novel instrument for measuring physical factors that influence children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour. Using HomeSPACE-II, study 3 showed that the physical home environment is related to children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour. Given the established influence of social and individual factors on children’s behaviour and their confounding effects in study 3, study 4 investigated the influence of social and individual factors on: (i) children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour, and; (ii) the home physical environment. Study 4 revealed that parental and child activity preferences and priorities, as well as parental rules were associated with children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour and the physical home environment. Study 5 found clusters of social and physical factors at home, which were associated with children’s home-based PA and sedentary behaviour as well as background characteristics in the expected directions.

scholarly journals Environmental Correlates of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in After-School Recreation Sessions

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (s2) ◽  
pp. S214-S221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Rosenkranz ◽  
Greg J. Welk ◽  
David A. Dzewaltowski
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
After School ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Trained Observers ◽  
Active Recreation

Background:Active recreation sessions taking place within after-school programs (ASP) present an opportunity for attending children to attain part of the recommended 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). This cross-sectional study’s purpose was to assess relationships between microlevel ASP environmental characteristics and physical activity and sedentary behavior (SED).Methods:During 161 ASP active recreation sessions, 240 children from 7 schools wore Actigraph GT1M accelerometers and were observed up to 6 times per year, over 3 years. To provide microlevel environmental data, trained observers recorded session times, location, duration, organization, equipment, and number of children and staff. Unadjusted bivariate correlations and multivariable regression analyses were used to assess the influence of microlevel environmental variables on MVPA and SED, with regression models controlling for relevant covariates.Results:Across all ASP active recreation sessions, children spent 39 ± 15% in MVPA and 16 ± 11% in SED. Session location, boy-to-girl ratio, and duration were significantly related to MVPA in the regression model. For SED, location and duration were significant influences in the model.Conclusions:Both location and duration appear to be modifiable correlates of group physical activity level, which may serve to inform intervention efforts to promote physical activity in ASP.

scholarly journals Change of physical activity parameters of hip and pelvic fracture patients during inpatient rehabilitation and after discharge: analysis of global and in-depth parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Kampe ◽  
Klaus Pfeiffer ◽  
Ulrich Lindemann ◽  
Daniel Schoene ◽  
Kristin Taraldsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pelvic Fracture ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Inpatient Rehabilitation ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Interval Length ◽  
Reduced Physical Activity ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background A growing number of older adults suffer hip and pelvic fractures leading to hospital admission. They often result in reduced physical activity (PA) and impaired mobility. PA can be objectively measured with body-worn sensors. Usually, global cumulative PA parameters are analysed, such as walking duration, upright-time and number of steps. These traditional parameters mix different domains of PA, such as physical capacity (PC), behaviour and living environment. We examined the change of global cumulative PA measures during rehabilitation and after discharge in patients with hip or pelvic fracture and whether more ‘in-depth’ PA parameters, such as walking interval length, variability of interval length and sit-to-stand transitions and their changes during rehabilitation and 3 months after discharge might better reflect the above mentioned three clinically relevant domains of PA. Methods This study is a secondary data analysis of a randomised controlled trial to improve PA and fall-related self-efficacy in hip or pelvic fracture patients (≥60 years) with concerns about falling. Changes of accelerometer-measured global cumulative and in-depth PA parameters (activPAL3) were analysed in an observational design before and after discharge combining both groups. For comparison, the same analyses were applied to the traditional PC measures gait speed and 5-chair-rise. Results Seventy-five percent of the 111 study participants were female (mean age: 82.5 (SD = 6.76) years. Daily walking duration, upright time and number of steps as aspects of global PA increased during inpatient rehabilitation as well as afterwards. The in-depth PA parameters showed differing patterns. While the total number of walking bouts increased similarly, the number of longer walking bouts decreased by 50% after discharge. This pattern was also seen for the average walking interval length, which increased by 2.34 s (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.68; 4.00) during inpatient rehabilitation and decreased afterwards below baseline level (− 4.19 s (95% CI: − 5.56; − 2.82)). The traditional PC measures showed similar patterns to the in-depth PA parameters with improvements during rehabilitation, but not at home. Conclusion Our findings suggest that the in-depth PA parameters add further information to the global cumulative PA parameters. Whereas global cumulative PA parameters improved significantly during inpatient rehabilitation and after discharge, in-depth PA parameters as well as PC did not continuously improve at home. In contrast to global cumulative PA parameters the in-depth parameters seem to reflect contextual factors such as the build environment and aspects of PC, which are traditionally assessed by clinical PC measures. These in combination with digital mobility measures can help clinicians to assess the health status of fragility fracture patients, individually tailor therapy measures and monitor the rehabilitation process.

scholarly journals The Theory of Planned Behavior: Predicting Physical Activity in Mexican American Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Martin ◽  
Kimberly Oliver ◽  
Nate McCaughtry
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
American Children

Theoretically grounded research on the determinants of Mexican American children’s physical activity and related psychosocial variables is scarce. Thus, the purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the ability of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict Mexican American children’s self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Children (N = 475, ages 9-12) completed questionnaires assessing the TPB constructs and MVPA. Multiple regression analyses provided moderate support for the ability of the TPB variables to predict MVPA as we accounted for between 8-9% of the variance in MVPA. Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control accounted for 45% of the variance in intention. Descriptive results were encouraging because mean values indicated that most children had positive attitudes, moderately strong intentions, felt in control, and perceived support from significant others (i.e., physical education teachers) for their physical activity engagement.

Correlates of physical activity at home in Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children.

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Sallis ◽  
Philip R. Nader ◽  
Shelia L. Broyles ◽  
Charles C. Berry ◽  
John P. Elder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
At Home

Sex and Ethnic Differences in Children’s Physical Activity: Discrepancies between Self-Report and Objective Measures

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Sallis ◽  
Thomas L. McKenzie ◽  
John P. Elder ◽  
Patricia L. Hoy ◽  
Todd Galati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Objective Measures ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Recall Data ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
American Children ◽  
Children’S Physical Activity

Previous studies have not used both self-report and objective measures to assess sex and ethnic differences in children’s physical activity. In the present study, 187 Mexican American and Anglo American children, aged 11 to 12 years, were assessed by two 7-day physical activity recall interviews and up to 8 days of accelerometer (Caltrac) monitoring over a 6-month period. Compared to Anglo American boys, accelerometer data showed Mexican American boys, Anglo American girls, and Mexican American girls to be 95,81, and 75% as active, respectively. Activity recall data showed that, compared to Anglo American boys, Mexican American boys, Anglo American girls, and Mexican American girls were 95,95, and 90% as active, respectively. The extent of sex and ethnic differences in children’s physical activity depend on the measure used.

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