Van Hecke Linde, Van Cauwenberg Jelle, Clarys Peter, Van Dyck Delfien, Veitch Jenny, Deforche Benedicte
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health Research Unit, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Physical Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Dec 30;14(1):35. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14010035.
Parks have the potential to increase physical activity at the community level by providing opportunities to be active. In order to inform interventions to promote physical activity in parks, insight is needed concerning park user characteristics, the activity level of park users, the types of activities performed and associations between park areas and temporal variables with observed physical activity levels. Park user characteristics (sex, age, ethnicity and activity level) were recorded within pre-defined park areas in two parks in Ghent (Belgium) using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC). Most park users were male, adult, and engaged in vigorous-intensity physical activity (48%). Most popular activities were biking (38%), sitting (23%) and walking (15%); accordingly, trails were used most and had the highest levels of physical activity compared to other park areas. Parks were used least frequently in the morning, during the weekend and by seniors. Therefore, active park use during morning periods, on weekend days and by seniors should be promoted and urban planners should consider that different park areas can possibly elicit varying activity levels among park users.
公园有潜力通过提供活动机会来增加社区层面的身体活动。为了为促进公园内身体活动的干预措施提供信息，需要深入了解公园使用者的特征、公园使用者的活动水平、所进行的活动类型以及公园区域和时间变量与观察到的身体活动水平之间的关联。使用社区游戏和娱乐观察系统（SOPARC），在比利时根特的两个公园内预先定义的区域记录公园使用者的特征（性别、年龄、种族和活动水平）。大多数公园使用者为男性、成年人，且从事高强度身体活动（48%）。最受欢迎的活动是骑自行车（38%）、坐着（23%）和步行（15%）；因此，与其他公园区域相比，步道的使用频率最高，身体活动水平也最高。公园在早晨、周末以及老年人使用的频率最低。因此，应促进在早晨时段、周末以及老年人对公园的积极使用，城市规划者应考虑到不同的公园区域可能会在公园使用者中引发不同的活动水平。
