Heinrich Katie M, Johnson Courtney B, Jokura Yuka, Nett Blythe, Maddock Jay E
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Public Health Sciences, 1960 East West Rd, Biomed D104B, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A19. Epub 2007 Dec 15.
Features of the built environment that influence physical activity behavior characterize Active Community Environments.
Whether Active Community Environments policies exist in the state of Hawaii's four counties is unknown. The purpose of this study was to provide a baseline assessment of these policies in Hawaii.
A survey assessing policies in six domains (i.e., sidewalks, bike lanes, greenways, recreational facilities, commercial buildings, and shared-use paths) was completed by employees of Hawaii planning departments.
Honolulu County had the most policies (n = 13), followed by Maui County (n = 6), Kauai County (n = 2), and Hawaii County (n = 1). Written policies were most prevalent in Honolulu County (n = 15), followed by Kauai County (n = 14), Hawaii County, (n = 4), and Maui County (n = 3). Sidewalk policies were reported for Honolulu County, Maui County (no written policies were found for Maui County), and Kauai County. Bike lane and greenway policies were found for Honolulu County (reported and written) and Kauai County (written). Recreation facility and pedestrian shared-use path policies existed for all counties, although only Honolulu and Kauai counties had written policies for commercial buildings (Maui County reported having policies). Few policies directly addressed physical activity promotion.
The most populous county, Honolulu, had the most policies in place, although discrepancies existed between reported and written policies. This baseline measure of physical activity-related policies will help focus efforts of county coalitions to increase opportunities for physical activity. Additional policies should be tracked with population behavior surveillance.
影响身体活动行为的建成环境特征构成了积极社区环境。
夏威夷州四个县是否存在积极社区环境政策尚不清楚。本研究的目的是对夏威夷这些政策进行基线评估。
夏威夷规划部门的员工完成了一项评估六个领域（即人行道、自行车道、绿色通道、娱乐设施、商业建筑和共享使用路径）政策的调查。
檀香山县的政策最多（n = 13），其次是毛伊县（n = 6）、考艾县（n = 2）和夏威夷县（n = 1）。书面政策在檀香山县最为普遍（n = 15），其次是考艾县（n = 14）、夏威夷县（n = 4）和毛伊县（n = 3）。檀香山县、毛伊县（未发现毛伊县的书面政策）和考艾县报告了人行道政策。檀香山县（报告和书面）和考艾县（书面）发现了自行车道和绿色通道政策。所有县都存在娱乐设施和行人共享使用路径政策，尽管只有檀香山县和考艾县有商业建筑的书面政策（毛伊县报告有政策）。很少有政策直接涉及促进身体活动。
人口最多的檀香山县制定的政策最多，尽管报告的政策和书面政策之间存在差异。这项与身体活动相关政策的基线测量将有助于集中县联盟的努力，以增加身体活动的机会。应通过人口行为监测跟踪其他政策。
