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Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong
This study aimed to examine the impact of individual (level of vigorous physical activity (VPA) and frequency of using sports and recreation facilities), interpersonal (perceived social cohesion (PSC)), and neighborhood environmental (availability of sports and recreation facilities) factors on yout...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312970/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113791 |
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author | Leung, Ka-Man Orekoya, Folake Bailey, Adrian J. Lai, Hor-Yan Chan, Ka-Yi Lam, Ting-Lok |
author_facet | Leung, Ka-Man Orekoya, Folake Bailey, Adrian J. Lai, Hor-Yan Chan, Ka-Yi Lam, Ting-Lok |
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description | This study aimed to examine the impact of individual (level of vigorous physical activity (VPA) and frequency of using sports and recreation facilities), interpersonal (perceived social cohesion (PSC)), and neighborhood environmental (availability of sports and recreation facilities) factors on youths’ health in transition in Hong Kong. A sample of 508 individuals aged 17–23 years from all Hong Kong council districts randomly completed validated questionnaires by telephone survey. Of 508,302 individuals with complete data pertaining to address geocoding were selected for further analyses. Overall, more than half of them (56.3%) used sports and recreation facilities once per month or less. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationship among the studies’ constructs. The results indicated that the proposed model sufficiently fitted the data (χ(2) (24) = 32.23, p < 0.12; CFI = 0.977; SRMR = 0.051; RMSEA = 0.034 (90% CI = 0.000 to 0.061). However, two items of PSC were sequentially removed due to their low standardized factor loadings (<0.3). A structural model was reinserted into data analyses, and the modified model fitted the data well as indicated by fit indices (χ(2) (11) = 15.29, p < 0.17; CFI = 0.987; SRMR = 0.054; RMSEA = 0.036 (90% CI = 0.000 to 0.075). Only VPA (β = 0.27, p = 0.0005) and PSC (β = 0.12, p = 0.048) were significantly related to perceived health at an individual level. To promote youth health, the Hong Kong government may work with the business sector, community groups, or education institutions to develop community programs to keep youths active (especially VPA) and to build more cohesive, trustful relationships among youths in the neighborhood. |
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spelling | pubmed-73129702020-06-29 Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong Leung, Ka-Man Orekoya, Folake Bailey, Adrian J. Lai, Hor-Yan Chan, Ka-Yi Lam, Ting-Lok Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to examine the impact of individual (level of vigorous physical activity (VPA) and frequency of using sports and recreation facilities), interpersonal (perceived social cohesion (PSC)), and neighborhood environmental (availability of sports and recreation facilities) factors on youths’ health in transition in Hong Kong. A sample of 508 individuals aged 17–23 years from all Hong Kong council districts randomly completed validated questionnaires by telephone survey. Of 508,302 individuals with complete data pertaining to address geocoding were selected for further analyses. Overall, more than half of them (56.3%) used sports and recreation facilities once per month or less. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationship among the studies’ constructs. The results indicated that the proposed model sufficiently fitted the data (χ(2) (24) = 32.23, p < 0.12; CFI = 0.977; SRMR = 0.051; RMSEA = 0.034 (90% CI = 0.000 to 0.061). However, two items of PSC were sequentially removed due to their low standardized factor loadings (<0.3). A structural model was reinserted into data analyses, and the modified model fitted the data well as indicated by fit indices (χ(2) (11) = 15.29, p < 0.17; CFI = 0.987; SRMR = 0.054; RMSEA = 0.036 (90% CI = 0.000 to 0.075). Only VPA (β = 0.27, p = 0.0005) and PSC (β = 0.12, p = 0.048) were significantly related to perceived health at an individual level. To promote youth health, the Hong Kong government may work with the business sector, community groups, or education institutions to develop community programs to keep youths active (especially VPA) and to build more cohesive, trustful relationships among youths in the neighborhood. MDPI 2020-05-27 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7312970/ /pubmed/32471062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113791 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Leung, Ka-Man Orekoya, Folake Bailey, Adrian J. Lai, Hor-Yan Chan, Ka-Yi Lam, Ting-Lok Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title | Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title_full | Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title_fullStr | Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title_full_unstemmed | Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title_short | Health of Youth in Transition in Hong Kong |
title_sort | health of youth in transition in hong kong |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312970/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32471062 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113791 |
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