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Does home equipment contribute to socioeconomic gradients in Australian children’s physical activity, sedentary time and screen time?

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, August 2016
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Title
Does home equipment contribute to socioeconomic gradients in Australian children’s physical activity, sedentary time and screen time?
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BMC Public Health, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3419-9
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Dot Dumuid, Timothy S. Olds, Lucy K. Lewis, Carol Maher

Abstract

Activity behaviours (physical activity, sedentary time and screen time) have been linked to health outcomes in childhood. Furthermore, socioeconomic disparities have been observed in both children's activity behaviours and health outcomes. Children's physical home environments may play a role in these relationships. This study aimed to examine the associations and interactions between children's physical home environment, socioeconomic status and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time and screen time. Australian children (n = 528) aged 9-11 years from randomly selected schools participated in the cross-sectional International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment. Children's physical home environment (access to equipment), socioeconomic status (household income and parental education) and demographic variables (gender and family structure) were determined by parental questionnaire. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time were measured objectively by 7-day 24-h accelerometry. Screen time was obtained from child survey. The associations between the physical home environment, socioeconomic status and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time and screen time were examined for 427 children, using analysis of covariance, and linear and logistic regression, with adjustment for gender and family structure. The presence of TVs (p < 0.01) and video game consoles (p < 0.01) in children's bedrooms, and child possession of handheld video games (p = 0.04), cell phones (p < 0.01) and music devices (p = 0.04) was significantly and positively associated with screen time. Ownership of these devices (with the exception of music devices) was inversely related to socioeconomic status (parental education). Children's moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (p = 0.04) and possession of active play equipment (p = 0.04) were both positively associated with socioeconomic status (household income), but were not related to each other (with the exception of bicycle ownership). Children with less electronic devices, particularly in their bedrooms, participated in less screen time, regardless of socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic disparities were identified in children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, however socioeconomic status was inconsistently related to possession of active play equipment. Home active play equipment was therefore not a clear contributor to the socioeconomic gradients in Australian children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 198 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 34 17%
Student > Master 29 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 8%
Researcher 14 7%
Other 32 16%
Unknown 52 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 34 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 13%
Sports and Recreations 24 12%
Social Sciences 13 7%
Computer Science 9 5%
Other 35 18%
Unknown 59 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 January 2022.
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#841,266
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