title: Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families.
abstract: Child health and development benefit from physical activity. This analysis describes the residential play environment for children aged 2-4 years in farmworker families, their parent-reported levels of play and media time, and the association of residential environment with play and media time. Mothers with a child aged 2-4 years in farmworker families (n = 248) completed interviews over 2 years. Outcome measures were daily outdoor play time and media time. Measures of the residential environment included physical and social components. The mean min/day for outdoor play was 81.8 (SD 57.3) at baseline, 111.4 (SD 90.1) at year 1 follow-up, and 103.6 (SD 76.2) at year 2 follow-up. The mean media min/day at baseline was 83.8 (SD 64.3), 93.7 (SD 80.3) min/day at year 1 follow-up, and 59.9 min/day (SD (45.6) at year 2 follow-up. One additional person per bedroom was associated with 6 fewer min/day with media. The addition of each age appropriate toy was associated with an additional 12.3 min/day of outdoor play. An additional type of inappropriate media was associated with 6.8 more min/day with media. These results suggest changes to the residential environment to improve physical activity among children in Latino farmworker families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA. tarcury@wfubmc.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Suerken
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA.
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004777:Environment; D015444:Exercise; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Child health; Immigrant health; Minority health; Physical activity; Vulnerable populations