了解加勒比地区建筑环境特征与体力活动之间的关系:范围审查
Kern Rocke1,2, Christina Howitt1, Ian Hambleton1
1The George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Caribbean Health Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Barbados.
Dialogues in health
|March 22, 2024
概括
了解建筑环境是提高发展中国家体力活动 (PA) 的关键. 绿地和连接的街道等特征在很大程度上促进了PA,但对小岛屿发展中国家需要更多的研究.
科学领域:
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 发展中国家在创建安全,包容和可持续的城市基础设施方面面临挑战.
- 加勒比地区体验了高水平的身体不活动和非传染性疾病.
- 了解建筑环境对身体活动的影响对于设计有效的社区干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 识别和描述建筑环境的个体特征.
- 检查建筑环境特征与体力活动结果之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在2010-2021年间,系统地搜索多学科研究数据库,查找来自小岛屿发展中国家 (SIDS) 和拉丁美洲 (LA) 的研究.
- 建筑环境特征的客观测量作为暴露和身体活动作为结果.
- 在9个社区设计领域中对建筑环境措施的表征,使用健康可行性框架.
- 建筑环境与物理活动关系的叙述总结,重点关注协会的力量和方向.
主要成果:
- 包括来自巴西,哥伦比亚,墨西哥,智利和新加坡的51项研究,描述了306种建筑环境与身体活动的关系.
- 建筑环境的关键特征包括靠近社会空间,绿色空间,住房密度,街道连接和混合土地使用.
- 虽然不一致,但建筑环境与身体活动的关系在很大程度上促进了身体活动.
结论:
- 建筑环境显示出促进活跃通勤和休体育活动的潜力.
- 需要进行翻译性研究,以确定这些发现对小岛屿发展中国家的适应性.
- 小岛屿岛屿的独特城市结构需要针对建筑环境干预的量身定制方法.
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