Re-LOCATE: Determining the place of children’s physical activity

Robin Quigg , Sarah Lovell, Anthony Reeder, Andrew Grey

University of Otago

Robin Quigg

University of Otago:

mailto:robin.quigg@otago.ac.nz

Little is known about the amounts and types of activity undertaken by ‘free-living’ children, nor where these activities happen – indoors or outdoors, at home, in parks and playgrounds, or at school and other places. There is also little information about variation in the amount and site of such activities that may be attributable to potentially modifiable community and individual characteristics.

Study Aims

The aims of this study are to capitalise on existing LOCATE study data that has not been analysed, to:

• test models of physical activity quantity, energy expenditure, and intensity;
• examine the associations between physical activity quantity and intensity and the settings which participants visited and where they were physical active;
• identify individual, parental, family, household and built environment level factors associated with i) physical activity quantity and intensity and ii) use of specific facilities or facility types.

Keywords:

Environment, age factors, parks

01/10/2013 -

Mixed-method

Otago

Physical activity

Young People

Clubs, Community, Other setting, Outdoors, Schools

Coast and beach, Facilities (indoor), Facilities (outdoor), Non-organised, Organised, Parks - rural, Parks - urban, Playgrounds, Pools

Barriers, Benefits, Management, Participation, Planning, Policy

1750

October 18, 2013

October 18, 2013