TY - JOUR
T1 - School-based friendship networks and children's physical activity: A spatial analytical approach
AU - Macdonald-Wallis, Kyle
AU - Jago, Russell
AU - Page, Angie S
AU - Brockman, Rowan
AU - Thompson, Janice L
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Despite the known health benefits, the majority of children do not meet physical activity guidelines, with past interventions to increase physical activity yielding little success. Social and friendship networks have been shown to influence obesity, smoking and academic achievement, and peer-led interventions have successfully reduced the uptake of adolescent smoking. However, the role of social networks on physical activity is not clear. This paper investigates the extent to which friendship networks influence children’s physical activity, and attempts to quantify the association using spatial analytical techniques to account for the social influence.
AB - Despite the known health benefits, the majority of children do not meet physical activity guidelines, with past interventions to increase physical activity yielding little success. Social and friendship networks have been shown to influence obesity, smoking and academic achievement, and peer-led interventions have successfully reduced the uptake of adolescent smoking. However, the role of social networks on physical activity is not clear. This paper investigates the extent to which friendship networks influence children’s physical activity, and attempts to quantify the association using spatial analytical techniques to account for the social influence.
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.018
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.018
M3 - Article
SN - 1873-5347
VL - 73
SP - 6
EP - 12
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 1
ER -