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01-04-2017 | Original Paper

Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families

Authors: Thomas A. Arcury, Cynthia K. Suerken, Edward H. Ip, Justin B. Moore, Sara A. Quandt

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 2/2017

Abstract

Child health and development benefit from physical activity. This analysis describes the residential play environment for children aged 2–4 years in farmworker families, their parent-reported levels of play and media time, and the association of residential environment with play and media time. Mothers with a child aged 2–4 years in farmworker families (n = 248) completed interviews over 2 years. Outcome measures were daily outdoor play time and media time. Measures of the residential environment included physical and social components. The mean min/day for outdoor play was 81.8 (SD 57.3) at baseline, 111.4 (SD 90.1) at year 1 follow-up, and 103.6 (SD 76.2) at year 2 follow-up. The mean media min/day at baseline was 83.8 (SD 64.3), 93.7 (SD 80.3) min/day at year 1 follow-up, and 59.9 min/day (SD (45.6) at year 2 follow-up. One additional person per bedroom was associated with 6 fewer min/day with media. The addition of each age appropriate toy was associated with an additional 12.3 min/day of outdoor play. An additional type of inappropriate media was associated with 6.8 more min/day with media. These results suggest changes to the residential environment to improve physical activity among children in Latino farmworker families.

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Title: Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families
Authors: Thomas A. Arcury
Cynthia K. Suerken
Edward H. Ip
Justin B. Moore
Sara A. Quandt
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0473-4

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