在COVID-19大流行期间,身体活动和当地蓝色/绿色空间的访问
Emily J Nicklett1, Bonita B Sharma1, Alexander Testa2
1Department of Social Work, College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
|April 5, 2024
概括
居住在蓝色和绿色空间等自然环境附近与COVID-19大流行期间增加的体力活动有关. 促进对这些空间的公平访问可以支持公共卫生.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,日常生活和体育活动水平受到严重影响.
- 进入自然环境,如蓝色和绿色空间,可能在促进身体活动方面发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查邻居进入蓝色和绿色空间之间的联系,以及在COVID-19大流行期间美国成年人每周体育活动的频率.
主要方法:
- 这是一项横截面研究,利用了2021年5月至6月调查的1771名美国成年人的全国代表性样本.
- 自我报告的数据收集了关于邻里蓝色和绿色空间的存在和每周体育活动频率的信息.
- 用多重波桑回归分析来评估这些关系,结果以发病率风险比率 (IRR) 呈现.
主要成果:
- 大多数参与者表示生活在蓝色空间 (67.2%) 和绿色空间 (86.1%) 附近.
- 报告指出,人们在进入这些自然空间方面存在很大的差异,特别影响非西班牙裔黑人和社会经济地位较低的黑人.
- 靠近蓝色空间 (IRR = 1.23) 和绿色空间 (IRR = 1.25) 与更高的每周体育活动频率有显著联系.
结论:
- 社区对蓝色和绿色空间的访问与COVID-19大流行期间增加的体力活动有关.
- 公平的战略以提高这些自然环境的可访问性对于促进公共卫生的举措至关重要.
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