期刊
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
卷 69, 期 -, 页码 S86-S92出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.10.014
关键词
Physical activity; Built environment; Latin America
资金
- NCI, NIH Grant [R01 CA127296]
- NHLBI, NIH R01 Grant [HL67350]
- Colciencias grant [519_2010]
- Fogarty
- CeiBA
- Coca-Cola Company
- Robert Wood Johnson
Objective. There is evidence linking the built environment (BE) with physical activity (PA), but few studies have been conducted in Latin America (IA). State-of-the-art methods and protocols have been designed in and applied in high-income countries (HIC). In this paper, we identify key challenges and potential solutions to conducting high-quality PA and BE research in LA. Methods. The experience of implementing the IPEN data collection protocol (IPEN: International Physical Activity Environment Network) in Curitiba, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; and Cuernavaca, Mexico (2010-2011); is described to identify challenges for conducting PA and BE research in LA. Results. Five challenges were identified: lack of academic capacity (implemented solutions (IS): building a strong international collaborative network); limited data availability, access and quality (IS: partnering with influential local institutions, and crafting creative solutions to use the best-available data); socio-political, socio-cultural and socio-economic context (IS: in-person recruitment and data collection, alternative incentives); safety (IS: strict rules for data collection procedures, and specific measures to increase trust); and appropriateness of instruments and measures (IS: survey adaptation, use of standardized additional survey components, and employing a context-based approach to understanding the relationship between PA and the BE). Advantages of conducting PA and BE research in LA were also identified. Conclusions. Conducting high-quality PA and BE research in LA is challenging but feasible. Networks of institutions and researchers from both HIC and LMIC play a key role. The lessons learned from the IPEN LA study may be applicable to other LMIC. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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