The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F18%3A73585025" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/18:73585025 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/1/126/htm" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/1/126/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15010126" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph15010126</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

Original language description

(1) Background: An increase in or at least the sustainment of walking activities across a wide section of the population is a crucial health-related task for Central and East European countries. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between adolescents’ walking activities and various levels of perceived safety of the built environment in differing socio-demographic backgrounds of Poland and the Czech Republic. Furthermore, we aimed to determine major moderators affecting the walking habits of adolescents in areas with different levels of walkability. (2) Methods: The surveys were conducted during the 2008–2009 and 2013–2014 school years in 24 Polish and 35 Czech secondary schools, with a sample of 2001 adolescents. All participants completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire–Long Form and the NEWS–Abbreviated. Selected students took part in objective weekly monitoring of physical activity (PA). (3) Results: Boys and girls who perceived their neighborhood environment as the safest were significantly more likely to meet the recommendations for leisure-time walking. Adolescents from the safest environment achieved 11,024 steps/day on average, while those from the least safe environment achieved 9686 steps/day. (4) Conclusions: A safe neighborhood environment significantly predicts walking activities among girls. Environmental safety improvement can support the active transport and better use of leisure time PA.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-26896S" target="_blank" >GA14-26896S: Multifactorial research on built environment, active lifestyle and physical fitness in Czech adolescents</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1660-4601

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

000424121200125

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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