From: Rural Latino parent and child physical activity patterns: family environment matters
Summary of Activity Patterns | Summary of Qualitative Findings | Interpretation |
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PA and families: Parents | ||
• Parents were mostly sedentary • No difference between weekday / weekends activity levels | • Reported being mostly inactive outside of work and household duties • Desired doing PA together as a family by visiting parks on weekends Barriers & Challenges • Lack of time • Work and family responsibilities • Lack of opportunities Perceptions & Beliefs • Identified PA as important for health and wellbeing | • Identified PA as important, yet reported significant barriers to being active on weekdays. • Wanted to be active on the weekends with their families, but minimal activity differences reported between weekends and weekdays. |
PA and families: Children | ||
• Children were mostly sedentary. • Spent most time /hour in moderate activity during afterschool. Hours; 3 – 6 pm • Spent most time /hour in sedentary time during school hours. • No significant differences in PA levels between weekdays and weekends. | • Active with parents when biking, sports, walking and swimming. • Active in informal play during afterschool hours. Barriers and challenges • Lack of other children to be active with. • Health issues such as asthma. • Busy schedules. • Costs of organized team sports and transportation. Perceptions & Beliefs • Parents identified physical activity as important to their children’s health. Impact of technology/ excess screen-time: • Minimal parental limit-setting. • Screen-time as reward • Television in bedrooms • Meals with television | • Parents acknowledged barriers to their children being active despite their support of their children’s PA engagement. • Children engaged in informal play rather than organized team sports afterschool. • Children were on screens an average of 4–6 h per day. |