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Predicting Outdoor Recreation Area Use in a Southeastern US County: A Signal Detection Analysis
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12 2014
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Source: J Community Health. 39(6):1101-1108
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Alternative Title:J Community Health
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Description:BACKGROUND:
Use of outdoor recreation areas is correlated with physical activity in community-dwelling adults. Additionally, the wide spread availability of outdoor recreation areas, including their placement in disadvantaged neighborhoods, make them an especially promising venue through which to promote physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine the combination of individual-level factors associated with outdoor recreation area use in a socioeconomically diverse Southeastern U.S. county.
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A 2011 random digit-dial survey included 829 adults aged 18+ years with complete data; questions assessed physical activity level and use/perceived safety of outdoor recreation areas. Signal detection analysis, a non-parametric recursive partitioning technique, identified cutpoints for defining subgroups of respondents based on outdoor recreation area use.
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Seven subgroups were defined ranging from 77.2% outdoor recreation area use (younger, met physical activity recommendations) to 31.8% outdoor recreation area use (older, perceived outdoor recreation areas to be less safe). Signal detection did not identify gender or race as important for defining subgroups.
CONCLUSIONS:
Results suggest that gendered and ethnically-focused outdoor recreation area promotion campaigns might be unnecessary. Instead, efforts could focus on increasing awareness of outdoor recreation area facilities among older, less active adults.
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Pubmed ID:24627153
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6204069
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