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The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity.

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Granados, I; Haderer, EL; D'Agostino, EM; Neshteruk, CD; Armstrong, SC; Skinner, AC
Published in: Am J Prev Med
November 2021

INTRODUCTION: Routine adolescent physical activity is a well-established predictor of positive health across the lifespan, although wide disparities in youth physical activity engagement persist across sex and race/ethnicity. Transportation barriers may be related to adolescents' ability to access physical activity opportunities. This study examines the association between neighborhood public transportation usage and adolescent physical activity using a national sample. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were drawn from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating study (2014), a national sample of adolescents aged 12-17 years. Linear regression examined the association between neighborhood public transportation usage on the basis of neighborhood-level public transportation use and individual-level youth moderate-to-vigorous physical activity minutes per week. Models were developed for weekday, weekend, and combined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for all youth and across sex and race/ethnicity subgroups. Analyses were run in 2020. RESULTS: The final analytic data set included 1,247 adolescents aged 12-17 years (71% non-Hispanic White, 49% male, mean age=14.52 [SD=1.59] years). Adjusted models showed a stronger magnitude of association between high neighborhood public transportation usage and both weekday (β=8.79, 95% CI=1.00, 16.59) and combined (β=13.74, 95% CI=1.14, 26.35) moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than between low/moderate neighborhood public transportation usage and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The magnitude of the neighborhood public transportation usage-moderate-to-vigorous physical activity association was strongest among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic adolescent girls. CONCLUSIONS: This study found an association between neighborhood public transportation usage and adolescent moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, particularly among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic adolescent girls. Findings from this research have the potential to inform targeted interventions for promoting adolescent physical activity to ultimately reduce chronic health disparities across the lifespan.

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Am J Prev Med

DOI

EISSN

1873-2607

Publication Date

November 2021

Volume

61

Issue

5

Start / End Page

733 / 737

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Transportation
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Ethnicity
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Adolescent
 

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Granados, I., Haderer, E. L., D’Agostino, E. M., Neshteruk, C. D., Armstrong, S. C., & Skinner, A. C. (2021). The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity. Am J Prev Med, 61(5), 733–737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.04.035
Granados, Isa, Elizabeth L. Haderer, Emily M. D’Agostino, Cody D. Neshteruk, Sarah C. Armstrong, and Asheley C. Skinner. “The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity.Am J Prev Med 61, no. 5 (November 2021): 733–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.04.035.
Granados I, Haderer EL, D’Agostino EM, Neshteruk CD, Armstrong SC, Skinner AC. The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Nov;61(5):733–7.
Granados, Isa, et al. “The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity.Am J Prev Med, vol. 61, no. 5, Nov. 2021, pp. 733–37. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2021.04.035.
Granados I, Haderer EL, D’Agostino EM, Neshteruk CD, Armstrong SC, Skinner AC. The Association Between Neighborhood Public Transportation Usage and Youth Physical Activity. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Nov;61(5):733–737.
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Published In

Am J Prev Med

DOI

EISSN

1873-2607

Publication Date

November 2021

Volume

61

Issue

5

Start / End Page

733 / 737

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Transportation
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Public Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Ethnicity
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Adolescent