Crime, safety, and physical activity among Hispanic parents and children

New article by Margaret van Bakergem in Preventive Medicine-

Objective reports versus subjective perceptions of crime and their relationships to accelerometer-measured physical activity in Hispanic caretaker-child dyads.
Highlights
• Objective and perceived crime were positively and significantly associated.
• Self-reported safety and caretaker objective physical activity had an inverse correlation.
• Objective crime near home was not associated with caretaker physical activity.
• Caretaker self-reported safety was not associated with overall child physical activity.
• Girl physical activity had a significant inverse relationship with crime.

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