Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F17%3A73581429" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/17:73581429 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.UFUG.2017.08.010" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.UFUG.2017.08.010</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.UFUG.2017.08.010" target="_blank" >10.1016/J.UFUG.2017.08.010</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison
Original language description
Several systematic reviews have reported mixed associations between access to parks and physical activity, and suggest that this is due to inconsistencies in the study methods or differences across countries. An international study using consistent methods is needed to investigate the association between access to parks and physical activity. The International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study is a multi-country cross- sectional study using a common design and consistent methods. Accelerometer, survey and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for 6181 participants from 12 cities in 8 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Mexico, New Zealand, UK, USA) were used to estimate the strength and shape of associa- tions of 11 measures of park access (1 perceived and 10 GIS-based measures) with accelerometer-based mod- erate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and four types of self-reported leisure-time physical activity. Associations were estimated using generalized additive mixed models. More parks within 1 km from participants' homes were associated with greater leisure-time physical activity and accelerometer-measured MVPA. Respondents who lived in the neighborhoods with the most parks did on average 24 min more MVPA per week than those living in the neighborhoods with the lowest number of parks. Perceived proximity to a park was positively associated with multiple leisure-time physical activity outcomes. Associations were homogeneous across all cities studied. Living in neighborhoods with many parks could contribute with up to 1/6 of the recommended weekly Having multiple parks nearby was the strongest positive correlate of PA. To increase comparability and validity of park access measures, we recommend that researchers, planners and policy makers use the number of parks within 1 km travel distance of homes as an objective indicator for park access in relation to physical activity.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Landscape and Urban Planning
ISSN
0169-2046
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
27
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2017
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
253-263
UT code for WoS article
000418470600029
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85028762787