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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2015

Does proximity to physical activity infrastructures predict maintenance of organized and unorganized physical activities in youth?

Jason MacKenzie, Jennifer Brunet, Jonathan Boudreau, Horia-Daniel Iancu, Mathieu Bélanger

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Jason MacKenzieFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada.
Jennifer BrunetSchool of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University Pr., Montpetit Hall 339, Ottawa, ON K1N 6 N5, Canada.
Jonathan BoudreauCentre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada.
Horia-Daniel IancuÉcole de kinésiologie et du loisir, Faculté des sciences de la santé et des services communautaire, Université de Moncton, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada.
Mathieu BélangerFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada; Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, 18 avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada; Dr George L. Dumont University Hospital Centre, Vitalité Health Network, 330 Université Avenue, Moncton, NB E1C 2Z3, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) infrastructures can provide youth chances to engage in PA. As determinants of organized and unorganized PA (OPA and UPA) may differ, we investigated if proximity to PA infrastructures (proximity) was associated with maintenance of OPA and UPA over 3 years. Youth from New Brunswick, Canada (n = 187; 10-12 years at baseline) reported participation in OPA and UPA every 4 months from 2011 to 2014 as part of the MATCH study. Proximity data were drawn from parent's questionnaires. Proximity scores were divided into tertiles. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess associations between proximity and maintenance of OPA and UPA. There were no crude or adjusted differences in average maintenance of participation in OPA [mean number of survey cycle participation (95%CI) was 6.6 (5.7-7.5), 6.3 (5.5-7.1), and 5.8 (5.1-6.6)] or UPA [6.8 (6.2-7.4), 5.9 (5.3-6.5), and 6.6 (5.9-7.3)] across low, moderate, and high tertiles of proximity, respectively. Findings suggest that proximity does not affect maintenance of participation in OPA or UPA during adolescence. Other environmental aspects may have a greater effect. Further research is needed before conclusions can be made.

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AdolescentsOrganized physical activityPhysical environmentRecreational infrastructuresUnorganized physical activity

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PMID26844149
PMCPMC4721496

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