Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912811
Keywords
active transportation; active commuting; barriers; Latin America
Funding
- Coca Cola Company
- Instituto Pensi/Hospital Infantil Sabara
- International Life Science Institute of Argentina
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Universidad Central de Venezuela (CENDES-UCV)/Fundacion Bengoa
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Institute of Nutritional Research of Peru
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The study found a stronger association of perceived neighborhood safety with walking compared to cycling.
Neighborhood built environment is associated with domain-specific physical activity. However, few studies with representative samples have examined the association between perceived neighborhood safety indicators and domain-specific active transportation in Latin America. This study aimed to examine the associations of perceived neighborhood safety with domain-specific active transportation in adults from eight Latin American countries. Data were obtained from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (n = 8547, aged 18-65). Active transportation (walking and cycling) was assessed using the long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Specifically, traffic density and speed as well as street lightening, visibility of residents regarding pedestrians and bicyclists, traffic lights and crosswalks, safety of public spaces during the day and at night, crime rate during the day and at night were used to evaluate perceived neighborhood safety. Slow traffic speeds, unsafe public spaces during the day, and crime during the day were associated with >= 10 min/week vs. <10 min/week of walking. Furthermore, drivers exceeding the speed limit and crime rate during the day were associated with reporting >= 10 min/week vs. <10 min/week of cycling. These results indicate a stronger association of the perceived neighborhood safety with walking compared to cycling.
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