Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)
$1,000.00
Parental Perceptions of Neighbourhood Safety and Children's Outdoor Active Play
FY 2014-15
Summary
Children's physical activity is in decline, and it is thought that this is because children are spending too little time playing outdoors. There is very little information on how often children play outdoors, as this is difficult to measure. We conducted a survey with 514 parent-child pairs and asked parents about their perception of the safety of their neighbourhood and how often their children play outside. We found that parents who thought their neighbourhood was safe also reported that their children played outside more often. This is consistent with our hypothesis and suggests that we may need to improve parents' perception of neighborhood safety in order to encourage children to play outside more often. However, there are likely other complex factors that are involved in this association, and further research into this area is warranted.
Department
Program
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Location
Ontario, Canada
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
324511
Name
Borghese Michael M
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Projecttitle
Parental Perceptions of Neighbourhood Safety and Children's Outdoor Active Play
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)
Cihramount2
$1,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Keyworddelim
Active Play; Children; Determinants Of Physical Activity; Ics Travel Awards; Neighborhood Environment; Physical Activity; Risk Perception
Abstract
Children's physical activity is in decline, and it is thought that this is because children are spending too little time playing outdoors. There is very little information on how often children play outdoors, as this is difficult to measure. We conducted a survey with 514 parent-child pairs and asked parents about their perception of the safety of their neighbourhood and how often their children play outside. We found that parents who thought their neighbourhood was safe also reported that their children played outside more often. This is consistent with our hypothesis and suggests that we may need to improve parents' perception of neighborhood safety in order to encourage children to play outside more often. However, there are likely other complex factors that are involved in this association, and further research into this area is warranted.
Competitiondate
201501
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Borghese, Michael M
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Human Dev &Child &Yth~ $1,000~ $0~
