Doescher Mark P, Lee Chanam, Saelens Brian E, Lee Chunkuen, Berke Ethan M, Adachi-Mejia Anna M, Patterson Davis G, Moudon Anne Vernez
Stephenson Cancer Center and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 NE 10th Street, SCC 5031, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Apr;19(2):237-245. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0383-5.
Walking among Latinos in US Micropolitan towns may vary by language spoken.
In 2011-2012, we collected telephone survey and built environment (BE) data from adults in six towns located within micropolitan counties from two states with sizable Latino populations. We performed mixed-effects logistic regression modeling to examine relationships between ethnicity-language group [Spanish-speaking Latinos (SSLs); English-speaking Latinos (ESLs); and English-speaking non-Latinos (ENLs)] and utilitarian walking and recreational walking, accounting for socio-demographic, lifestyle and BE characteristics.
Low-income SSLs reported higher amounts of utilitarian walking than ENLs (p = 0.007), but utilitarian walking in this group decreased as income increased. SSLs reported lower amounts of recreational walking than ENLs (p = 0.004). ESL-ENL differences were not significant. We identified no statistically significant interactions between ethnicity-language group and BE characteristics.
Approaches to increase walking in micropolitan towns with sizable SSL populations may need to account for this group's differences in walking behaviors.
在美国小都市城镇的拉丁裔群体中，步行情况可能因所讲语言的不同而有所差异。
在2011 - 2012年期间，我们收集了来自两个州小都市县内六个城镇的成年人的电话调查和建成环境（BE）数据，这两个州有相当数量的拉丁裔人口。我们进行了混合效应逻辑回归建模，以检验种族 - 语言群体[讲西班牙语的拉丁裔（SSLs）；讲英语的拉丁裔（ESLs）；以及讲英语的非拉丁裔（ENLs）]与功利性步行和休闲性步行之间的关系，同时考虑社会人口统计学、生活方式和建成环境特征。
低收入的SSLs报告的功利性步行量高于ENLs（p = 0.007），但该群体的功利性步行量随着收入增加而减少。SSLs报告的休闲性步行量低于ENLs（p = 0.004）。ESL - ENL之间的差异不显著。我们未发现种族 - 语言群体与建成环境特征之间存在统计学上的显著交互作用。
在有大量SSL人口的小都市城镇中，增加步行的方法可能需要考虑该群体在步行行为上的差异。
