Grupo AFySE, Investigación en Actividad Física y Salud Escolar, Escuela de Pedagogía en Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago 8370040, Chile.
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Lisbon, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 6;19(19):12811. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912811.
Neighborhood built environment is associated with domain-specific physical activity. However, few studies with representative samples have examined the association between perceived neighborhood safety indicators and domain-specific active transportation in Latin America. This study aimed to examine the associations of perceived neighborhood safety with domain-specific active transportation in adults from eight Latin American countries. Data were obtained from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health ( = 8547, aged 18-65). Active transportation (walking and cycling) was assessed using the long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Specifically, traffic density and speed as well as street lightening, visibility of residents regarding pedestrians and bicyclists, traffic lights and crosswalks, safety of public spaces during the day and at night, crime rate during the day and at night were used to evaluate perceived neighborhood safety. Slow traffic speeds, unsafe public spaces during the day, and crime during the day were associated with ≥10 min/week vs. <10 min/week of walking. Furthermore, drivers exceeding the speed limit and crime rate during the day were associated with reporting ≥10 min/week vs. <10 min/week of cycling. These results indicate a stronger association of the perceived neighborhood safety with walking compared to cycling.
社区建成环境与特定领域的身体活动有关。然而，很少有具有代表性样本的研究调查了感知到的邻里安全指标与拉丁美洲特定领域的主动交通之间的关系。本研究旨在检验感知邻里安全与来自八个拉丁美洲国家成年人特定领域主动交通之间的关联。数据来自拉丁美洲营养与健康研究（n=8547，年龄 18-65 岁）。使用国际体力活动问卷的长式评估主动交通（步行和骑自行车）。具体来说，使用交通密度和速度以及街道照明、居民对行人和骑自行车者的可见度、交通信号灯和人行横道、白天和夜间公共空间的安全性、白天和夜间的犯罪率来评估感知邻里安全。交通速度较慢、白天不安全的公共空间和白天的犯罪与每周步行≥10 分钟/周而<10 分钟/周有关。此外，超速行驶和白天的犯罪率与报告每周骑自行车≥10 分钟/周而<10 分钟/周有关。这些结果表明，与骑自行车相比，感知邻里安全与步行的关联更强。
