NATS 1745 Lecture 4: Violent crime and outdoor physical activity among inner

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1745
• Professor: Alireza Asgharzadeh

Document Summary

Violent crime and outdoor physical activity among inner-city youth (2004) A total of 76 boys and 101 girls were studied (majority of them were mexican-americans because of the community) Self reported physical activity levels (cid:858)(cid:858)not feeli(cid:374)g safe i(cid:374) (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)o(cid:396)hood keeps (cid:373)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) e(cid:454)e(cid:396)(cid:272)isi(cid:374)g. (cid:859)(cid:859) did a (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)(cid:374)ai(cid:396)e of thei(cid:396) perceived safety in the neighbourhood. Collected objective crime rates from the police station. Objectively: density of violent crime within 1/2-(cid:373)i (cid:396)adius of pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts(cid:859) ho(cid:373)es (cid:449)as i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:396)sely a(cid:374)d sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)tl(cid:455) asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith gi(cid:396)ls(cid:859) outdoo(cid:396) ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot (cid:271)o(cid:455)s(cid:859) (cid:894)pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts t(cid:396)(cid:455) to protect the girls???) Gomez et al. (2004) examined associations between violent crime in the neighbourhood and non-school-based outdoor physical activity among inner-city. Pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts (cid:396)espo(cid:374)ded to the state(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)not feeli(cid:374)g safe i(cid:374) (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)ou(cid:396)hood keeps (cid:373)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) e(cid:454)e(cid:396)(cid:272)isi(cid:374)g(cid:859), a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:271)outs pe(cid:396) (cid:449)eek (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulated fo(cid:396) a range of outdoor physical activities using their self-reported data.