Eyler Amy A, Schmidt Laurel, Beck Alan, Gilbert Amanda, Kepper Maura, Mazzucca Stephanie
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School, Prevention Research Center, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Health Behav Policy Rev. 2021 May;8(3):236-246. doi: 10.14485/hbpr.8.3.5.
In this study, we explore parent perception of children's physical activity and screen time during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
We interviewed 16 parents of children ages 5-12 years in the St. Louis, Missouri region using snowball sampling. We sampled from rural, urban, and suburban areas. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using and emergent codes.
The transition to virtual school and work transformed daily activities. Physical education requirements varied, generally perceived as not contributing to overall physical activity. Parents perceived the amount of physical activity as the same or increased but reported an increase in screen time. The physical environment of the home, yard, and neighborhood emerged as a theme as did the social environment for physical activity.
COVID-19 stay-at-home orders created challenges for children's physical activity. Results can be used to inform more generalizable studies and serve as a basis for creating better parent resources to support their children's physical activity outside of ordinary school, sport, and community activity opportunities.
在本研究中,我们探讨了在新冠疫情居家令期间家长对孩子身体活动和屏幕使用时间的看法。
我们采用滚雪球抽样法,采访了密苏里州圣路易斯地区16位5至12岁孩子的家长。我们从农村、城市和郊区进行了抽样。访谈进行了录音、转录,并使用归纳法和新出现的编码进行分析。
向虚拟学校和工作的转变改变了日常活动。体育教育要求各不相同,普遍认为对总体身体活动没有帮助。家长认为身体活动量与之前相同或有所增加,但报告称屏幕使用时间有所增加。家庭、院子和社区的物理环境以及身体活动的社会环境都成为了主题。
新冠疫情居家令给孩子的身体活动带来了挑战。研究结果可用于为更具普遍性的研究提供信息,并作为创建更好的家长资源的基础,以支持孩子在常规学校、体育和社区活动机会之外的身体活动。