Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K26, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2012 Mar;34(1):65-72. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr047. Epub 2011 Jun 13.
As a first step to determining the public availability of drinking water, self-reported access to water fountains in parks and playgrounds was examined.
A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on a convenience sample of 4163 US adults (aged ≥ 18 years) using the 2009 HealthStyles Survey. The outcome measure was reported access to water fountains in parks/playgrounds. Among those who reported using parks/playgrounds, multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the associations between sociodemographic variables and reported access to water fountains.
About half (54.7%) of participants used parks/playgrounds. Among those, 55.0% reported access to water fountains. Factors significantly associated with reported access to water fountains were being male [odds ratio (OR) = 1.42; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.09, 1.85] and living in the Pacific region (versus East North Central region, OR = 2.56; 95% CI = 1.61, 4.06). Age, race/ethnicity, household income, marital status, education, smoking and physical activity were not significantly associated with reported access to water fountains.
Among 54.7% of adults using parks/playgrounds, reported access to water fountains was significantly differed by sex and region. This study provides information that can be considered when developing interventions to increase access to drinking water in public facilities.
作为确定公共饮用水供应情况的第一步，本研究旨在调查公园和游乐场中饮水机的自我报告可及性。
本研究采用便利抽样法，对 2009 年健康生活方式调查（HealthStyles Survey）中的 4163 名美国成年人（年龄≥18 岁）进行了横断面分析。结局指标为报告在公园/游乐场中使用饮水机的情况。在报告使用公园/游乐场的人群中，采用多变量逻辑回归分析了社会人口统计学变量与报告使用饮水机之间的关系。
约有一半（54.7%）的参与者使用了公园/游乐场。在这些参与者中，55.0%的人报告在公园/游乐场中可使用饮水机。与报告使用饮水机相关的因素包括男性（比值比[OR] = 1.42；95%置信区间[CI] = 1.09，1.85）和居住在太平洋地区（而非东中北部地区，OR = 2.56；95%CI = 1.61，4.06）。年龄、种族/族裔、家庭收入、婚姻状况、教育程度、吸烟和身体活动与报告使用饮水机之间无显著相关性。
在使用公园/游乐场的成年人中，有 54.7%的人报告使用饮水机，而饮水机的可及性在性别和地区方面存在显著差异。本研究提供了可在公共设施中增加饮用水供应的干预措施制定过程中考虑的相关信息。
