Is the neighbourhood environment associated with sedentary behaviour outside of school hours among children? Veitch, Jenny, Timperio, Anna, Crawford, David, Abbott, Gavin, Giles-Corti, Billie and Salmon, Jo 2011, Is the neighbourhood environment associated with sedentary behaviour outside of school hours among children?, Annals of behavioral medicine, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 333-341, doi: 10.1007/s12160-011-9260-6. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads veitch-istheneighborhood-post-2011.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 358.43KB 308 Title Is the neighbourhood environment associated with sedentary behaviour outside of school hours among children? Author(s) Veitch, Jenny orcid.org/0000-0001-8962-0887 Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Abbott, Gavin orcid.org/0000-0003-4014-0705 Giles-Corti, Billie Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Journal name Annals of behavioral medicine Volume number 41 Issue number 3 Start page 333 End page 341 Total pages 9 Publisher Springer Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2011-06 ISSN 0883-6612 1532-4796 Keyword(s) Children Parks Sedentary behaviour Neighbourhood Longitudinal Accelerometry Summary Background Little is known about neighbourhood environments and children’s sedentary behaviour outside school hours. Purpose This study aims to examine the associations between public open spaces (POS), parent perceptions of the neighbourhood and children’s sedentary behaviours. Methods Parents reported their child’s television viewing and computer/electronic game time and their perceptions of the physical and social neighbourhood. Children’s sedentary time was objectively assessed. The closest POS was audited. Results Cross-sectionally, living near a POS with a water feature and greater parental satisfactionwith POS quality were negatively associated with computer/e-games; greater POS area was negatively associated with TV viewing. Longitudinally, living in a cul-de-sac and greater satisfaction with POS quality were negatively associated with computer/e-games and TV viewing, respectively. Awalking path in the POS was positively associated with computer/e-games. Conclusion Neighbourhood features appear to positively and negatively influence children’s sedentary behaviours, highlighting the complexity of urban planning on behaviour. Further age- and context-specific studies are required. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s12160-011-9260-6 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Springer Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044444 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Apr 2012, 11:35:20 EST Wed, 02 May 2012, 16:32:06 EST Wed, 02 May 2012, 16:33:15 EST Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 14:08:25 EST Wed, 19 Feb 2014, 13:16:49 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 13:53:45 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 15:41:56 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 11:29:54 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:31:07 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:50:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 61 times in TR Web of Science Cited 59 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 968 Abstract Views, 313 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Apr 2012, 11:35:04 EST by Jane Moschetti