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Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families

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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.

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This research was supported by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD059855). Dietary data analysis was supported by a grant to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30 DK56350).

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1084, USA

    Thomas A. Arcury & Justin B. Moore

  2. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Cynthia K. Suerken & Edward H. Ip

  3. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Sara A. Quandt

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Arcury, T.A., Suerken, C.K., Ip, E.H. et al. Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families. J Immigrant Minority Health 19, 267–274 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0473-4

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