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Use of parks or playgrounds: reported access to drinking water fountains among US adults, 2009.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health; Mar2012, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p65-72, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background As a first step to determining the public availability of drinking water, self-reported access to water fountains in parks and playgrounds was examined. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on a convenience sample of 4163 US adults (aged ≥18 years) using the 2009 HealthStyles Survey. The outcome measure was reported access to water fountains in parks/playgrounds. Among those who reported using parks/playgrounds, multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the associations between sociodemographic variables and reported access to water fountains. Results About half (54.7%) of participants used parks/playgrounds. Among those, 55.0% reported access to water fountains. Factors significantly associated with reported access to water fountains were being male [odds ratio (OR) = 1.42; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.09, 1.85] and living in the Pacific region (versus East North Central region, OR = 2.56; 95% CI = 1.61, 4.06). Age, race/ethnicity, household income, marital status, education, smoking and physical activity were not significantly associated with reported access to water fountains. Conclusions Among 54.7% of adults using parks/playgrounds, reported access to water fountains was significantly differed by sex and region. This study provides information that can be considered when developing interventions to increase access to drinking water in public facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- WATER supply
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
EPIDEMIOLOGY
POPULATION geography
PUBLIC spaces
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
SEX distribution
ACCESSIBLE design of public spaces
DATA analysis
SECONDARY analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17413842
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 72440091
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr047