scholarly journals Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Brand ◽  
Cézane Priscila Reuter ◽  
Arieli Fernandes Dias ◽  
Jorge Mota ◽  
Michael Duncan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Active Commuting ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Living Area

A mother’s healthy conduct may lead to the healthy conduct of their children. Thus, this study aimed to verify the role of demographic factors in the relationship between mothers’ physical activity (PA) and commuting to work with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. This cross-sectional study comprised 1421 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years and 1421 mothers, from Brazil. PA, commuting, socioeconomic status (SES), skin color/ethnicity, and living area were evaluated by questionnaire. Logistic binary regression models were used. Results indicated that mothers’ PA and commuting were associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school in crude and adjusted models. Considering the role of the demographic factors, an association was only observed for girls in the relationship between mother’s PA with children’s PA. In adolescents, an association was observed in both high/low SES, boys/girls, and rural/urban areas. Regarding children and adolescent active commuting to school, there was an association with mothers commuting. All demographic factors were strongly associated, except for rural areas. Therefore, mothers’ PA as well as commuting to work are associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. Sex, living area, and SES are the related demographic factors.

scholarly journals Have We Taken Advantage of the Quarantine to Develop Healthy Habits? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Spanish COVID-19 Situation by Gender

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 844
Author(s):  
Miguel Corbí ◽  
Mario Del Líbano ◽  
Almudena Alonso-Centeno ◽  
Aida Gutiérrez-García
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Area 5 ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Living Area

The confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in people’s lifestyles, which in part provided an opportunity to develop habits at home. The aims were: (1) to verify if the psychological well-being (PWB) of people related to healthy habits, and if physical activity (PA) and diet mediated this relationship; (2) to test if there were differences in this model of relationships between women and men; (3) to analyze if there were differences in healthy habits, PA, diet, and PWB depending on gender; (4) to test if there were differences in healthy habits, PA, diet, and PWB depending on living area; (5) and to assess if there were interaction effects of gender and living area in healthy habits, PA, diet, and PWB. Using a cross-sectional design, we obtained a sample of 1509 participants (18–78 years, 1020 women). Diet and PA fully mediated the relationship between PWB and healthy habits, and women developed more healthy habits than men, whereas men had higher levels of PA and PWB. We also found that people who lived in rural areas during confinement practiced more PA and had lower PWB levels than those who lived in urban areas. These results can help in the planning of strategies to promote healthy habits.

scholarly journals The role of health surveillance in the management of water quality in rural properties in seven municipalities of the Region of Paraná

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Vinicius Silva Athaydes ◽  
Jefferson de Queiroz Crispim ◽  
Mauro Parolin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Main Partner ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Sanitation in rural areas in Brazil is still very precarious, with deficits greater than in urban areas. In this sense, the central objective of this research is to evaluate the role of the Municipal Surveillance in the management of water quality in rural properties in the Midwestern region of Paraná, covering the beginning of the monitoring of water quality, the relationship of the Consolidation Ordinance No. 5 of 2017 of the Ministry of Health regarding the choices of parameters on potability indices in relation to the parameters analyzed in the Surveillance, the presence of outbreaks due to diseases arising from the consumption of contaminated water, the demand by residents and the partners who contribute to the realization of these activities. The data were obtained through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire, through the 11th Health Regional Office of Campo Mourão. It was presented that the municipalities have acted in the monitoring of water quality in an uneven way at the beginning of the activities, following the parameters of the Ordinance. The municipalities had demands and demands from residents and counted on the 11th Health Regional Office as the main partner in the monitoring support. Only Iretama presented an outbreak due to the consumption of contaminated water.

scholarly journals Eating Habits of Elderly in Aceh-Indonesia and the Associated Demographic Factors

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Sufyan Anwar ◽  
Maiza Duana ◽  
. Marniati
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Cross Sectional

Aims: The study aims to prove the correlation between demographic factors and the eating habits of the elderly in Aceh, Indonesia. Study Design:  A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Aceh Barat district, Aceh province-Indonesia between June and October 2019. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out by involving the elderly (age of 60 years or above) in 483 participants. Bivariate analysis was conducted through a chi-square test using SPSS version 21 to answer the research hypothesis. Results: Four hundred and eighty three (483) elderly people with mean age of 69.76 years were enrolled, of these, 68.9% were women and 58.2% were unemployed. Fifty-nine percent of respondents live in rural areas and 64.39% had good eating habits. Finding unveiled that age had a significant correlation with eating habits (P=0,05), gender did not correlate with eating habits (P>0,05). Occupation correlated with eating habits (P=0.05), and area of residence correlated with eating habits (P=0,05).. Conclusion: The study concluded that younger age (60-69 years old), employed, and living in urban areas positively contribute to establishing healthy eating habits in the elderly in Aceh. Furthermore, it is necessary to conduct intervention studies in the occupation variable as a modifiable variable.

scholarly journals Changes in socio-economic patterns of energy consumption and insufficient energy intake across India from 1993–94 to 2011–12

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Jessica M Perkins ◽  
Suman Chakrabarti ◽  
William Joe ◽  
Hwa-Young Lee ◽  
Jongho Heo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Relative Risk ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Time Points ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjective:To assess whether disparities in energy consumption and insufficient energy intake in India have changed over time across socio-economic status (SES).Design:This cross-sectional, population-based survey study examines the relationship between several SES indicators (i.e. wealth, education, caste, occupation) and energy consumption in India at two time points almost 20 years apart. Household food intake in the last 30 d was assessed in 1993–94 and in 2011–12. Average dietary energy intake per person in the household (e.g. kilocalories) and whether the household consumed less than 80 % of the recommended energy intake (i.e. insufficient energy intake) were calculated. Linear and relative risk regression models were used to estimate the relationship between SES and average energy consumed per day per person and the relative risk of consuming an insufficient amount of energy.Setting:Rural and urban areas across India.Participants:A nationally representative sample of households.Results:Among rural households, there was a positive association between SES and energy intake across all four SES indicators during both survey years. Similar results were seen for energy insufficiency vis-à-vis recommended energy intake levels. Among urban households, wealth was associated with energy intake and insufficiency at both time points, but there was no educational patterning of energy insufficiency in 2011–12.Conclusions:Results suggest little overall change in the SES patterning of energy consumption and percentage of households with insufficient energy intake from 1993–94 to 2011–12 in India. Policies in India need to improve energy intake among low-SES households, particularly in rural areas.

Prevalence of Rotavirus among Iraqi children with diarrhea in Diyala province

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali R. Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rapid Test ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Elisa Test ◽  
Test Device ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rotavirus Infection ◽  
High Infection ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children below five years. Objectives: The aim of this study to evaluate the prevalence of rotavirus among children with diarrhea, the efficacy of Rotavirus Rapid Test Device (RTD)and ELISA and evaluate the relationship between the demographic agent and clinical presentation associated with rotavirus. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at AL-Batool Teaching Hospital in Baqubah, from the first of April 2019 to 31 of March 2020, on (300) children with diarrhea below five years of age. The patients included (n=161, 53.6%) males and (n=139, 46.3%) females. The patient’s age, gender, living area, season, mode of feeding, source of water supply and sterilization, were collected through a questionnaire prepared for this study. The Rapid Test and ELISA are used for the detection of rotavirus in fecal specimens.  Results: The rotavirus antigen was detected in (47.33%) stool specimens by the ELISA test and (59%) by Rotavirus Rapid Test Device (RTD) from (300) children with diarrhea and high infection in the age group between 13-24 months at the rate (49.40%). The highest infection rate in spring was (56.00%) and lower in summer (33.33%). The infection males more than females (42.24% vs. 39.57%). High significant infection among children living in rural areas (55.68%) compared to those living in urban areas (35.48%). According to the clinical features, the results showed the rate of rotavirus infection in children with fever was (54.90%), vomiting (42.03%), those suffering from severe dehydration (48.85) some dehydration 78 (46.15%), however, rotavirus infection was significant with fever only. 

scholarly journals Urban vs Rural Factors Associated with Anemia in Haitian School Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1470-1470
Author(s):  
Ana Palacios ◽  
Jeanne Freeland-Graves ◽  
Lora Iannotti
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Intestinal Helminth ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Intestinal Worm ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objectives Children from urban areas in Haiti have a higher prevalence of anemia vs. rural (71% vs. 51%, respectively). The objective of this study was to identify the mediating factors between urban-rural residence and anemia. Methods This cross-sectional study used baseline data from two clustered randomized controlled trials that assessed the efficacy of a nutrition intervention. A total of 981 children from Cap Haitien, and 300 children from rural areas of the same region were included. Generalized linear mixed models were conducted to identify associations with anemia. Models were adjusted for age, school cluster and income. Significant variables were then included in a mediation analysis to explore the relationship between place of residence and child anemia. Results The odds of anemia were 2.35 times greater in children from urban vs. rural areas. Older age was inversely associated with anemia in rural and urban children, [OR = 0.88 95% CI (0.81–0.96)] and [OR 0.93; 95% CI (0.88–1.00)], respectively. In rural areas, stunting increased the odds of anemia, [OR = 3.41; 95% CI (1.45–7.80)], while households with more adults lowered the odds, [OR = 0.74; 95% CI (0.62–0.98)]. In the urban context, the odds of anemia were greater when intestinal worm morbidities were reported, [OR 1.74; 95% CI (1.13–2.68)]. Among number of adults living in the household, stunting and intestinal helminth morbidities, the latter partially mediated the relationship between anemia and place of residence (P = 0.03). Conclusions Younger children are at a higher odds of suffering anemia in both rural and urban contexts. In rural areas, stunting increased the odds of anemia, while larger households with more adults lowered it. Children with intestinal worm morbidities had a greater odds of anemia in urban locations, and mediated the relationship between anemia and place of residence. Findings from this study suggest the need to develop site-specific interventions in Haiti, highlighting the importance of additional, non-nutritional factors of anemia in this population. Funding Sources The original trials received United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service Micronutrient Fortified Food Aid Products program FFE-521–2012/034–00.

scholarly journals Association between active commuting and elevated blood pressure in adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio da Silva Santana ◽  
Aline Cabral Palmeira ◽  
Marcos André Moura dos Santos ◽  
Breno Quintella Farah ◽  
Bruna Cadengue Coêlho de Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Active Commuting ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between active commuting and blood pressure in adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with high school students from public education network in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Data from 6039 students (14 to 19 years) were collected using a questionnaire. “Physically inactive” were considered those who reported not to walk or ride a bicycle to and from school on any day of the past week, and/or those who, regardless of the weekly frequency of practice this type of activity, reported the duration of commuting to school was less than 20 minutes (round trip). The high blood pressure was obtained by Omron HEM 742 equipment. Adolescents with high blood pressure were defined as those with higher blood pressure or equal to the 95th percentile for age, sex and height. Regression logistic analyses were used to assess the association between active commuting and high blood pressure, considering adjustments for the following confounders: sex, age, overweight, total physical activity, socioeconomic level, place of residence. Results: The prevalence of high blood pressure was 7.3%, and 79.3% were considered insufficiently active in commuting. There was an association between high blood pressure and active commuting only among those living in rural areas (OR = 6.498; 95% CI = 1.513-27.900), and the same was not observed among those living in urban areas (OR = 1.113; 95% CI = 0.812-1.526). Conclusion: Active commuting can be considered a protective factor for high blood pressure in adolescents living in rural areas.

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of physical activity among adolescents from Southern Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel C Dumith ◽  
Marlos R Domingues ◽  
Denise P Gigante ◽  
Pedro C Hallal ◽  
Ana M B Menezes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Active Commuting ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Active Commuting To School ◽  
Parental Physical Activity

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of physical activity among adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study nested within a cohort of 4,325 subjects from the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, aged 14-15 years in 2008. Physical activity was analyzed using three different approaches: (1) prevalence of any leisure-time physical activity; (2) prevalence of any active commuting to school; and (3) prevalence of engaging in at least 300 minutes per week of both (1) and (2) combined. Independent variables included sociodemographic, behavioral, social, and biological characteristics, and number of different leisure-time physical activites practiced. Statistical analyses were carried out using Poisson regression. RESULTS: The proportion of adolescents involved in any type of leisure-time physical activity was 75.6%, while 73.4% displayed some form of active commuting to school. Prevalence of total physical activity score (> 300 min/week) was 48.2%, being greater among boys (62.6%) than among girls (34.5%). Furthermore, prevalence increased along with the number of physical activity modalities practiced (p<0.001). Factors associated with greater physical activity (leisure + commuting) at the recommended levels were: nonwhite skin color, having failed at school, and playing videogames. Lower socioeconomic status, more time spent on the computer, and parental physical activity were associated with the outcome only among girls. CONCLUSIONS: Less than half the adolescents reached recommended levels of physical activity, and this proportion tended to decrease among subjects with higher socioeconomic level. Associated factors were different for leisure-time and commuting. Engaging in a wide variety of physical activities should be encouraged already during childhood.

scholarly journals Konsumsi tinggi lauk hewani, rendah sayur dan rendah aktivitas fisik berhubungan dengan kejadian kelebihan berat badan pada anak sekolah dasar

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
R.L.N.K. Retno Triandhini ◽  
Angkit Kinasih ◽  
Anik Sriwijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Animal Protein ◽  
Plant Protein ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background : Overweight and obesity in children are becoming a global health issue that needs special attention. Overweight currently occur not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. One factor that affects over nutrition is the imbalance between food intake and physical activity. Objective : The objective of this study is to analysis differences in food pattern and physical activitiy between overweight and normal children. Methods : This study was used cross sectional design. Samples were 10-12 year olds students from 13 elementary schools in Getasan Subdistrict. Dietary intake were measured by Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) form and physical activity were measured by Physical Activity Questionnaire For Older Children (PAQ-C) form. Data were analyzed by Chi-Square and independent t test. Results : There are significant correlation between physical activity and the incidence of overweight in children (ρ=0,003). There are significant differences (ρ<0,05) in carbohydrates, animal protein, plant protein and vegetables intake (ρ=0,001, ρ=0,001, ρ=0,001, ρ=0,001) between normal and overweight groups.Conclusion : There are significant correlation between physical activity and the incidence of overweight in children. There are significant differences in carbohydrates , animal protein, plant protein and vegetables intake between normal and overweght groups.

scholarly journals Housework Division and Second-Child Fertility Anxiety among Couples in China: The Urban and Rural Differences

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3910
Author(s):  
Jingyue Zhang ◽  
Yipeng Tian
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Household Registration ◽  
Second Child ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study investigated the moderating role of household registration in the relationship between housework division and second-child fertility anxiety among Chinese couples of childbearing ages. Multilevel cluster sampling was used to select 1834 respondents aged 20–45 years from Jilin Province in China between 2016 and 2017. A sample of 542 adults who were married and had only one child was included in the final analysis. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to examine the proposed hypothesis. The results showed that the association between housework division and second-child fertility anxiety was significant in rural areas. However, the above association was not significant in urban areas. Household registration status was found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between housework division and second-child fertility anxiety. Differences in gender and fertility ideology have led to different housework divisions in urban and rural areas, which in turn have led to different effects on the second-child fertility anxiety of couples of childbearing ages in these areas.

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