Social and Physical Environmental Factors Influencing Adolescents’ Physical Activity in Urban Public Open Spaces: A Qualitative Study Using Walk-Along Interviews

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 5; p. e0155686
• Main Authors: Van Hecke, Linde, Deforche, Benedicte, Van Dyck, Delfien, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Veitch, Jenny, Van Cauwenberg, Jelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.05.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accessibility; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - physiology; Adolescents; Analysis; Belgium; Bicycles; Biology and Life Sciences; Children & youth; Cleanliness; Demographic aspects; Drug abuse; Ecological models; Engineering and Technology; Environment Design; Environment models; Environmental factors; Exercise; Families & family life; Female; Health sciences; Homeless people; Homelessness; Human behavior; Humans; Income; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nutrition; Open spaces; Parks & recreation areas; People and Places; Physical activity; Physical education; Physical factors; Physical therapy; Physiological aspects; Privacy; Public Facilities - statistics & numerical data; Public health; Public transportation; Qualitative Research; Residence Characteristics; Social aspects; Social environment; Social factors; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic factors; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Urban Renewal; Walking; Walking - statistics & numerical data; Youth; Belgium; Australia

Most previous studies examining physical activity in Public Open Spaces (POS) focused solely on the physical environment. However, according to socio-ecological models the social environment is important as well. The aim of this study was to determine which social and physical environmental factors...