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Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors?
BACKGROUND: There is substantial scope for enhancing population health through increased park visits and active use of parks; however, a better understanding of factors that influence park visitation is needed. This cross-sectional study examined how parent-reported satisfaction and perceived availa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7866776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33549088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10339-1 |
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author | Veitch, Jenny Rodwell, Laura Abbott, Gavin Carver, Alison Flowers, Elliott Crawford, David |
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description | BACKGROUND: There is substantial scope for enhancing population health through increased park visits and active use of parks; however, a better understanding of factors that influence park visitation is needed. This cross-sectional study examined how parent-reported satisfaction and perceived availability of parks were associated with adults’ physical activity and children’s physical activity and time spent outdoors, and whether these associations were mediated by park visitation. METHODS: Self-reported surveys were completed by adults living within 5 km of two parks located in Melbourne, Australia. Participants reported their satisfaction with neighbourhood park quality, walking duration from home to the nearest park, and park visitation in the past 7 days. Participants with a child aged 2–15 years also answered similar questions in relation to their child. The primary outcome variable for adults was leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and for children was proxy-reported time spent outside. The secondary outcome for adults was combined transportation and LTPA and for children (5–15 years) was the number of days physical activity recommendations were met in the past 7 days. RESULTS: Significant positive associations between park availability and park visitation in the past 7 days, and between park visitation and the outcome variables were observed among both adults (n = 1085, M(age) = 48.9, SD 13.4) and children (n = 753, M(age) = 8.8, SD = 3.7). The association between park satisfaction and park visitation was only significant among adults. Park visitation mediated associations between park availability and park satisfaction and the outcome variables among both adults and children. CONCLUSIONS: Improving park availability and users’ satisfaction with parks may increase visitation and consequently increase physical activity and time spent outdoors. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10339-1. |
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spelling | pubmed-78667762021-02-08 Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? Veitch, Jenny Rodwell, Laura Abbott, Gavin Carver, Alison Flowers, Elliott Crawford, David BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: There is substantial scope for enhancing population health through increased park visits and active use of parks; however, a better understanding of factors that influence park visitation is needed. This cross-sectional study examined how parent-reported satisfaction and perceived availability of parks were associated with adults’ physical activity and children’s physical activity and time spent outdoors, and whether these associations were mediated by park visitation. METHODS: Self-reported surveys were completed by adults living within 5 km of two parks located in Melbourne, Australia. Participants reported their satisfaction with neighbourhood park quality, walking duration from home to the nearest park, and park visitation in the past 7 days. Participants with a child aged 2–15 years also answered similar questions in relation to their child. The primary outcome variable for adults was leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and for children was proxy-reported time spent outside. The secondary outcome for adults was combined transportation and LTPA and for children (5–15 years) was the number of days physical activity recommendations were met in the past 7 days. RESULTS: Significant positive associations between park availability and park visitation in the past 7 days, and between park visitation and the outcome variables were observed among both adults (n = 1085, M(age) = 48.9, SD 13.4) and children (n = 753, M(age) = 8.8, SD = 3.7). The association between park satisfaction and park visitation was only significant among adults. Park visitation mediated associations between park availability and park satisfaction and the outcome variables among both adults and children. CONCLUSIONS: Improving park availability and users’ satisfaction with parks may increase visitation and consequently increase physical activity and time spent outdoors. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10339-1. BioMed Central 2021-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7866776/ /pubmed/33549088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10339-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Veitch, Jenny Rodwell, Laura Abbott, Gavin Carver, Alison Flowers, Elliott Crawford, David Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title | Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title_full | Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title_fullStr | Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title_full_unstemmed | Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title_short | Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
title_sort | are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7866776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33549088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10339-1 |
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