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Introduction:Lack of physical activity and high obesity rates in children and adolescents are major public health concerns. Active school transport is a strategy that can contribute to achieving recommended physical activity levels. Objective:To determine the relationship between the use of active school transport by children from the Colombian Caribbean region and their parents’ perception of barriers to active school transport. Materials and methods:Cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 with data from 3 067 primary school children from the Colombian Caribbean region. Data were obtained by administering an ad hoc questionnaire (questions on how children commuted to school and about their academic and sociodemographic characteristics) and the Active School Transport Barriers scale to the parents or legal guardians of the children. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed in which Odds ratios (OR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated to determine the relationship between the modality of transportation to school (active/passive) and the barriers to active school transport perceived by the students’ parents. Results:A total of 51.3% of the schoolchildren actively transported to school. Factors such as considering that the roads are not appealing (OR=1.64; 95%CI: 1.39-1.94), that there are dangerous road crossings on the route (OR=1.29; 95%CI: 1.1-1.54), that the distance between home and school is very long (OR=1.83; 95%CI: 1.5-2.1), and that the traffic on the route is heavy, (OR=1.5; 95%CI: 1.2-1.8) increased the probability of passive transportation (i.e., using motor vehicles). Conclusion:In the present study, long distances between home and school, aesthetics of roads, heavy traffic on the route, and insecurity of road crossings, among others, were identified as barriers to the use of active school transport.
Introducción.La falta de actividad física y los altos niveles de obesidad en niños y adolescentes son problemas importantes de salud pública. El transporte activo a la escuela es una estrategia para alcanzar las recomendaciones de actividad física.
Objetivo. Determinar la relación entre el uso de transporte activo a la escuela en niños de la región Caribe colombiana y la percepción de sus padres sobre las barreras para el transporte activo a la escuela.
Materiales y métodos.Estudio transversal realizado en 2019 con datos de 3 067 escolares de básica primaria de la región Caribe colombiana. Los datos se obtuvieron mediante la administración de un cuestionario ad hoc (preguntas sobre cómo se transportaban los niños a la escuela y sobre sus características académicas y sociodemográficas) y la Escala Barreras en el Transporte Activo al Centro Escolar a los padres o representantes legales de los niños. Se realizó un análisis de regresión logística multivariada en el que se calcularon Odds ratios (OR) y sus respectivos intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC95%) para determinar la relación entre la modalidad de transporte a la escuela (activo/pasivo) y las barreras para el transporte activo a la escuela percibidas por los padres de familia de los estudiantes.
Resultados.El 51.3% de los escolares se transporta de manera activa al colegio. Factores como considerar que los caminos son poco atractivos (OR=1.64; IC95%: 1.39-1.94), que hay cruces peligrosos en el trayecto (OR=1.29; IC95%: 1.1-1.54), que la distancia entre la casa y el colegio es muy larga (OR=1.83; IC95%: 1.5-2.1) y que hay mucho tráfico en el recorrido (OR=1.5; IC95%: 1.2-1.8) aumentaron la probabilidad de transportarse de manera pasiva (en medios motorizados).
Conclusión.En el presente estudio, las largas distancias entre la casa y el colegio, la estética de los caminos, la presencia de mucho tráfico en el trayecto, la inseguridad de los cruces viales, entre otras, se identificaron como barreras para el uso del transporte activo a la escuela.
Title
Environmental and social barriers to active school transport in the Colombian Caribbean region
Author
Herazo-Beltrán, Yaneth

; Sánchez-Guette, Lilibeth

; González, Silvia Alejandra

; Pahuana-Escobar, Mayerlin

; Berdejo-Sandoval, Vladimir

; Álvarez-González, Jair

; Mestre-Morón, Beatriz
Section
INVESTIGACIÓN ORIGINAL
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3099521424
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
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