Belon Ana Paula, Nieuwendyk Laura M, Vallianatos Helen, Nykiforuk Candace I J
University of Alberta, Canada.
University of Alberta, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 2014 Sep;116:10-21. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.027. Epub 2014 Jun 17.
A growing body of evidence shows that community environment plays an important role in individuals' physical activity engagement. However, while attributes of the physical environment are widely investigated, sociocultural, political, and economic aspects of the environment are often neglected. This article helps to fill these knowledge gaps by providing a more comprehensive understanding of multiple dimensions of the community environment relative to physical activity. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore how people's experiences and perceptions of their community environments affect their abilities to engage in physical activity. A PhotoVoice method was used to identify barriers to and opportunities for physical activity among residents in four communities in the province of Alberta, Canada, in 2009. After taking pictures, the thirty-five participants shared their perceptions of those opportunities and barriers in their community environments during individual interviews. Using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity (ANGELO) framework, themes emerging from these photo-elicited interviews were organized in four environment types: physical, sociocultural, economic, and political. The data show that themes linked to the physical (56.6%) and sociocultural (31.4%) environments were discussed more frequently than the themes of the economic (5.9%) and political (6.1%) environments. Participants identified nuanced barriers and opportunities for physical activity, which are illustrated by their quotes and photographs. The findings suggest that a myriad of factors from physical, sociocultural, economic, and political environments influence people's abilities to be physically active in their communities. Therefore, adoption of a broad, ecological perspective is needed to address the barriers and build upon the opportunities described by participants to make communities more healthy and active.
越来越多的证据表明，社区环境在个人参与体育活动方面起着重要作用。然而，尽管对物理环境的属性进行了广泛研究，但环境的社会文化、政治和经济方面却常常被忽视。本文通过更全面地理解与体育活动相关的社区环境的多个维度，有助于填补这些知识空白。本研究的目的是定性地探索人们对其社区环境的体验和认知如何影响他们参与体育活动的能力。2009年，在加拿大艾伯塔省的四个社区中，采用了照片声音法来识别居民参与体育活动的障碍和机会。拍照后，35名参与者在个人访谈中分享了他们对社区环境中这些机会和障碍的看法。使用与肥胖相关的环境分析网格（ANGELO）框架，将这些照片引发的访谈中出现的主题归纳为四种环境类型：物理、社会文化、经济和政治。数据显示，与物理（56.6%）和社会文化（31.4%）环境相关的主题比经济（5.9%）和政治（6.1%）环境的主题讨论得更频繁。参与者确定了体育活动的细微障碍和机会，他们的引述和照片对此进行了说明。研究结果表明，物理、社会文化、经济和政治环境中的众多因素影响着人们在社区中进行体育活动的能力。因此，需要采用广泛的生态视角来解决这些障碍，并利用参与者描述的机会，使社区更健康、更活跃。
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