{"id":270,"date":"2018-11-26T12:46:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/activechildrenbydesign\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2024-10-24T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:25:52","slug":"neighbourhood-features-supportive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/activechildrenbydesign\/neighbourhood-features-supportive\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood features supportive of Physically Active and Mentally Healthy Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h1>Neighbourhood features supportive of Physically Active and Mentally Healthy Children<\/h1>\n<p>Physical inactivity among children is becoming increasingly prevalent in many developing countries, including Turkey, that face rapid economic and social development, urbanization and industrialization. This has important implications for child health conditions such as mental wellbeing, obesity; and air quality and traffic. The decision to participate in <b>physical activity (PA) <\/b>is based on multiple factors, which are often framed within the <b>socio-ecological model of health behaviour<\/b> (Sallis et al., 2015). In this framework the built\/natural\/social environments are regarded as key factors for driving behaviours. For children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PA, the built environment is particularly important since interventions at this level may lead to population-level effects.<\/p>\n<p>While previous studies have focused on the associations of personal and\/or social factors with children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PA, research on the role of the built environment is limited. Over the past decades, there has been prolific research highlighting the role of built environment in encouraging increased PA levels among school children; however, there is limited evidence on <b>children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s preferences and experiences regarding their place use and PA in their local neighbourhoods.<\/b> To the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated <b>the triangulation of children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s place perception, their PA levels and mental health.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Drawing upon the socio-ecological model of health behaviour, this study aims to address some of the above-mentioned gaps through the utilization of a\u00c2\u00a0child-centred approach and mixed-methods design, including participatory mapping, qualitative GIS, and space syntax modelling.\u00c2\u00a0The overall objective\u00c2\u00a0of this project is to contribute to the development of physically and socially active communities by investigating the association of quantitatively and qualitatively measured neighbourhood design with children`s physical activity (PA), and to identify the impacts of this association on mental wellbeing in school children.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00c2\u00a0study objectives\u00c2\u00a0are to:<\/p>\n<p>(1) investigate the extent to which neighbourhood built environment is related to physical activity (PA) among 9-12 year-old children;<\/p>\n<p>(2) identify how children living in different neighbourhoods (varying in their street network connectivity and greenness) of Ankara, Turkey perceive, assess and use their environments; and<\/p>\n<p>(3) explore the extent to which children&#8217;s PA rates are associated with their mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Publications<\/h3>\n<p>Severcan, YC., Ozbil Torun, A., Defeyter, MA., Akin, Z., Bingol, H. (2022). \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Understanding the Role of the Urban Form in Supporting Positive Experiences and Increased Mental Well-being among Children\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Urban Transitions Conference, 8-10 November, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Severcan, YC., Ozbil Torun, A., Defeyter, MA., Akin, Z., Bingol, H. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Associations of children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mental wellbeing and the urban form characteristics of their everyday places\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, under review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neighbourhood features supportive of Physically Active and Mentally Healthy Children Physical inactivity among children is becoming increasingly prevalent in many developing countries, including Turkey, that face rapid economic and social development, urbanization and industrialization. This has important implications for child health conditions such as mental wellbeing, obesity; and air quality and traffic. 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