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Parent Perceptions of Changes in Child Physical Activity During COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders
- Source :
- Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore parent perceptions of changes in child physical activity during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.Design: A cross-sectional study.Setting: The research team used social media, relevant organizations, and neighborhood groups to distribute the survey link in May and June of 2020.Subjects: A convenience sample of parents of children aged 5–12.Measures: Survey to assess parental perceptions of changes in children's physical activity before and during stay-at-home orders, and environmental and social barriers to physical activity.Analysis: Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate comparisons, and multinomial-logistic regression models with covariates of environmental factors, social factors, and frequency of factors as barriers on association with perceived physical activity change.Results: Data from 245 parents were analyzed. A majority (63.7%) of parents reported a decrease in children's physical activity during stay-at-home orders. More parents indicated social barriers (e.g., lack of access to playmates) than environmental barriers (e.g., lack of access to neighborhood play spaces) to children's physical activity. In multivariate analyses, the odds of parents reporting decreased physical activity was greater for those reporting lack of playmates (OR = 4.72; 95% CI: 1.99–11.17) and lack of adult supervision (OR = 11.82; 95% CI: 2.48–56.28) as barriers. No environmental barriers were significantly associated with decreased children's physical activity.Conclusion: The unique aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic provide a natural experiment for developing social and environmental strategies to improve children's overall physical activity. Assessing parental perceptions is a way to inform these future efforts.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Parents
Natural experiment
Multivariate analysis
Cross-sectional study
barriers
physical activity
Child Behavior
Bivariate analysis
Odds
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
children
parenting
Humans
Social media
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Exercise
Pandemics
Descriptive statistics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Regression analysis
social
030229 sport sciences
Brief Research Report
Cross-Sectional Studies
Public Health
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Psychology
environment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22962565
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....485f65eb6f15daa2670d04aa27cbf111