ArticleJournal of physical activity & health2016
Parental Perception of Neighborhood Safety and Children's Physical Activity.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators to structured, out-of-school physical activity participation among rural youth in the United States: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Challenges and facilitators to parent-child shared physical interventions during preschool and school age education: a systematic review and meta synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Challenges and Solutions to Supporting Physical Literacy within Youth Sport.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burdens of fracture in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2019.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Ecological contexts associated with early childhood curiosity: Neighborhood safety, home and parenting quality, and socioeconomic status.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The influence of neighborhood safety and built environment on childhood obesity: isolated and combined effect of contextual factors.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
- Do Interventions Targeting Women Impact Children's Health Behaviors?The Utah women's health review · 2023Article
- Preschool Children's Physical Activity and Community Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study of Two Cities in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Asthma and Physical Activity in Urban Children.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2021Article
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- Parental Mental Well-Being and Frequency of Adult-Child Nature Visits: The Mediating Roles of Parents' Perceived Barriers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Latent Class Analysis of Perceived Neighborhood Conditions Associated with Mental Disorders Among Children in the United States.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Associations of neighborhood physical and crime environments with obesity-related outcomes in Jamaica.PloS one · 2021Article
- The mediating effect of allostatic load on the relationship between neighborhood perceptions and depression.SSM - population health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe examined the relationship between parents' perception of neighborhood safety and children's physical activity and use of recreation facilities in a US nationally representative sample of fifth grade children.
methodsWe used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten cohort, fifth grade sample (N = 9827). Multivariate logistic and linear regression models were used to examine associations between parents' perception of neighborhood safety for outside play and number of days children engage in physical activity, as well as children's use of recreational facilities for physical activity.
resultsChildren who used recreational facilities engaged in physical activity on more days of the week compared with children who did not use a facility (3.3 days vs. 3.8 days, P < .0001). Children from neighborhoods perceived as unsafe by parents engaged in almost 1 less day per week in physical activity (β = -.89, P < .0001). Children from neighborhoods perceived as unsafe were less likely to use recreational facilities compared with children from neighborhoods perceived as safe (odds ratio = 0.72, P < .0001). Children from less affluent families across rural and urban areas had half the odds of using recreational facilities compared with children from the wealthiest families living in urban areas.
conclusionsParents' perception of neighborhood safety for outside play can deter or promote children's physical activity and use of recreational facilities. Children from less affluent families are less likely to use facilities than children from wealthy families, regardless of place of residence.
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