Associations Between Neighborhood Recreation Environments and Adolescent Physical Activity

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Kavita A. Gavand
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Kelli L. Cain
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Terry L. Conway
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Jacqueline Kerr
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James F. Sallis
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0556
Keywords:
accelerometers; exercise; built environment; leisure time
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Volume 16: Issue 10
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880–885
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Background: To examine relations between parents’ perceived neighborhood recreation environments and multiple measures of adolescent physical activity (PA). Methods: Participants (N = 928; age 14.1 [1.4] y, 50.4% girls, and 33.4% nonwhite/Hispanic) and their parents were recruited. Teen moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) was assessed with 7-day accelerometry. Self-reported total PA, PA near home, and PA at recreation locations were also assessed. Proximity of home to 8 types of recreation facilities was reported by parents. Mixed-model linear regressions relating environments to various measures of PA were adjusted for demographics and neighborhood clustering. Results: Perceiving more availability of recreation facilities around home was related to higher reports of days per week with 60+ minutes of PA (b = 0.153; P < .05), reported PA time near home (b = 0.152; P < .001), PA time at recreation facilities (b = 0.161; P < .001), accelerometer-measured total MVPA (b = 1.741; P < .05), and nonschool MVPA (b = 1.508; P < .01). Adolescents living in lowest quintile of recreation facility availability averaged 27.6 (3.2) minutes per day of total MVPA versus 49.8 (3.5) minutes per day for those living in highest quintile. Conclusions: Adolescents living in neighborhoods that parents reported having more availability of recreation facilities around homes had higher activity across 5 indicators of PA.

Gavand, Cain, Conway, Kerr, and Sallis are with the University of California, San Diego, CA. Saelens is with the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Frank is with The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Glanz is with the University of Pennsylvania, Philidelphia, PA.

Cain (kcain@ucsd.edu) is corresponding author.
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