Social and physical environmental correlates of independent mobility in children. A systematic review taking sex/gender differences into account.

Autor/inn/en	Marzi, Isabel; Demetriou, Yolanda; Reimers, Anne Kerstin
Titel	Social and physical environmental correlates of independent mobility in children. A systematic review taking sex/gender differences into account. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale und physische Umweltkorrelate der unabhängigen Mobilität von Kindern. Eine systematische Überprüfung unter Berücksichtigung der Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern.
Quelle	In: International journal of health geographics, 17 (2018) Art. 24, 17 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-072X
DOI	10.1186/s12942-018-0145-9
Schlagwörter	Mikrosoziologie; Soziales Milieu; Beeinflussung; Kindesentwicklung; Selbstständigkeit; Beeinflussung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kind; Mobilität; Schule; Selbstständigkeit; Gehen; Bewegungsverhalten; Mikrosoziologie; Unabhängigkeit; Kind; Schule; Differenzierender Unterricht; Literaturanalyse; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsverhalten; Mobilität; Bewegungsverhalten; Gehen; Sportaktivität; Rad fahren; Forschungsstand; Geschlechtsspezifik; Unabhängigkeit
Abstract	Background: Children's independent mobility (CIM) is an important contributor to physical activity and health in children. However, in the last 20 years CIM has significantly decreased. To develop effective intervention programs to promote CIM, the impact of the environment on CIM must be identified. This review seeks to provide an overview of sex/gender-specific socio-ecological correlates of CIM. Methods: A systematic literature search of five databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, Scopus, Medline, Web of Science) was conducted with a priori defined eligibility criteria and identified 1838 potential articles published between January 1990 and November 2017. Two independent reviewers screened the literature and identified and rated methodologi- cal quality of the studies. Related factors of CIM were summarized separately for CIM license (parental permission to travel independently) and CIM destination (destinations to which a child travels independently), and separately for boys and girls using a semi-quantitative method. Results: Twenty-seven peer-reviewed journal articles were identified which examined the relationship between the social and physical environment and CIM. Only seven studies reported results divided by sex/gender. Most associa- tions between the environment and CIM were found in the expected direction (positive or negative) or not associ- ated at all. The social environment seemed to be more influential for ensuring CIM than the physical environment. Neighborhood safety, fear of crime and stranger, parental support, and perception of traffic were important social environmental factors influencing CIM, while car ownership, distance, and neighborhood design were relevant physi- cal environmental attributes. Few studies examined sex/gender-related environmental correlates of independent mobility, and those findings were inconsistent. Conclusion: The findings of this systematic review serve as suggestions for intervention programs to increase CIM and to identify future directions in research. To establish a robust comprehension of the impact of the social and physical environment on CIM, further sex/gender-sensitive studies using comparable measurements for CIM and environmental correlates are needed. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2021/4