School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Public Health. 2020 Dec;189:48-53. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.002. Epub 2020 Nov 3.
To evaluate geographic access to free weekly outdoor physical activity events ('parkrun') in England, with a particular focus on deprived communities, and to identify optimal locations for future events to further maximise access.
This study is a cross-sectional ecological analysis of the socio-economic disparities in geographic access to parkrun events in England in late 2018.
We combined geolocation data on all English Lower Layer Super Output Areas and parkrun events to calculate geodesic distances to the nearest event for more than 32,000 communities in England. We use this measure of geographic access to summarise the relationship between access and socio-economic deprivation, measured using the index of multiple deprivation. We then used geographic coordinates of public green spaces in England to conduct a simple location-allocation analysis to identify 200 locations for future event locations that would maximise access.
In England, 69% of the population live within 5 km of one of the 465 parkrun events. There is a small negative correlation between distance and deprivation, indicating that access is slightly better in more socio-economically deprived areas. Setting up an additional 200 events in optimal locations would improve access: the average distance to the nearest parkrun event would improve by 1.22 km, from 4.65 km to 3.43 km, and approximately 82% of the English population would live within 5 km of a parkrun event.
Over two-thirds of the English population live within 5 km of a parkrun event, and contrary to our expectation, we find that geographic access is slightly better for those living in more deprived communities. Creating additional events may improve geographic access, but effective strategies will still be needed to increase engagement in new and existing events by those living in socio-economically deprived areas.
评估英格兰免费每周户外体育活动（“parkrun”）的地理可达性，重点关注贫困社区，并确定未来活动的最佳地点，以进一步最大限度地扩大参与度。
本研究是对 2018 年末英格兰 parkrun 活动的社会经济差异的地理可达性进行的横截面生态分析。
我们将所有英格兰下层超级输出区和 parkrun 活动的地理位置数据结合起来，为英格兰 32000 多个社区计算到最近活动的大地测量距离。我们使用这种地理可达性的衡量标准来总结可达性与社会经济剥夺之间的关系，衡量标准是使用多重剥夺指数。然后，我们利用英格兰公共绿地的地理坐标进行简单的位置分配分析，以确定 200 个未来活动地点，以最大限度地提高可达性。
在英格兰，69%的人口居住在距离 465 个 parkrun 活动之一 5 公里以内的地方。距离和贫困程度之间存在微小的负相关关系，这表明在社会经济较贫困的地区，可达性略好一些。在最佳位置增设 200 个活动将改善可达性：到最近 parkrun 活动的平均距离将从 4.65 公里改善至 3.43 公里，提高 1.22 公里，大约 82%的英格兰人口将居住在距离 parkrun 活动 5 公里以内的地方。
超过三分之二的英格兰人口居住在距离 parkrun 活动 5 公里以内的地方，与我们的预期相反，我们发现生活在较贫困社区的人地理可达性略好一些。创建更多的活动可能会改善地理可达性，但仍需要有效的策略，以提高社会经济贫困地区的人们对新的和现有的活动的参与度。
