Social conditions and urban environment associated with participation in the Ciclovia program among adults from Cali, Colombia

Gómez, Luis; Mosquera, Janeth; Gómez, Olga Lucía; Moreno, José; Pinzón, José David; Jacoby, Enrique; Cepeda, M. Soledad; Parra, Diana C.

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00086814

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“…Participants from other Ciclovia programs spent between 56 to 180 min in a 3 to 7 h event [21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,31,32]. The cities of Latin American countries have some of the longest programs ranging from 20.5 to 75 miles [9,30,32]. We found that 88.4% of the MEB users accumulated enough MVPA during the event to meet the weekly physical activity recommendations proposed by the WHO.…”

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Move on Bikes Program: A Community-Based Physical Activity Strategy in Mexico City

Medina

Romero-Martínez²,

Bautista‐Arredondo

et al. 2019

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Open streets programs are free and multisectoral programs in which streets are temporally closed allowing access to walkers, runners, rollerbladers, and cyclists. The Move on Bikes program (by its name in Spanish Muévete en Bici) (MEB) consists of 55 km of interconnected streets in middle-high income areas of Mexico City. There is scarce evidence on the evaluation of this program in Mexico. The purposes of this study were to estimate the participation, physical activity levels among the MEB participants, and the association of the frequency of participation with sociodemographic, physical, and program characteristics. Methods: From October 2017 to July 2018, six hundred seventy-nine MEB participants were surveyed using a questionnaire that contains sociodemographic, physical, and program characteristics. A wide-angle video camera was used to estimate the average speed of each activity per event per participant. Based on the information collected by the program authorities and survey interviews, we estimated the number of participants per event. Results: On a typical MEB program day, 21,812 people participated. MEB program users accumulated an average of 221 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per typical Sunday and 88.4% accumulated at least 150 min of MVPA. In total, 29.6% of users attended the program every Sunday. Those who were more likely to attend the program frequently included: men, those aged 41 to 64 years old, users classified as very and sufficiently active, those that used active transportation to travel to the program, and participants that came alone. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that the MEB program adds an extra 71 min/week of MVPA to more than 20,000 users.

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Move on Bikes Program: A Community-Based Physical Activity Strategy in Mexico City

Medina

Romero-Martínez²,

Bautista‐Arredondo

et al. 2019

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“…For example, surveys conducted with Colombian adults in Bogota showed that people who participated in the community-based “Ciclovia Program” were significantly more likely to cycle for transportation [ 37 ]. Another study conducted in Cali, Colombia, showed that adults’ participation in the “Ciclovia Program” was associated positively with the presence of a “Ciclovia corridor”, which are streets closed for cars and open for walking or cycling on weekends and public holidays [ 38 ]. The longitudinal study “Cycling Connecting Communities” conducted with adults in Sydney, Australia, based on a social marketing framework and behavior change theories, found that after two years people who received the intervention had a significant likelihood of using bike paths [ 28 ].…”

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“…The longitudinal study “Cycling Connecting Communities” conducted with adults in Sydney, Australia, based on a social marketing framework and behavior change theories, found that after two years people who received the intervention had a significant likelihood of using bike paths [ 28 ]. In addition, other variables are associated with cycling for transportation such as self-efficacy, physical activity habit, attitude, and social support [ 29 , 38 ]. Finally, we need better facilities in subways and train stations, such as permission to travel with bicycles, bicycle parking, and bicycle-share programs across the cities.…”

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Cycling for Transportation in Sao Paulo City: Associations with Bike Paths, Train and Subway Stations

Florindo

Barrozo

Turrell

et al. 2018

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Cities that support cycling for transportation reap many public health benefits. However, the prevalence of this mode of transportation is low in Latin American countries and the association with facilities such as bike paths and train/subway stations have not been clarified. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between bike paths, train/subway stations and cycling for transportation in adults from the city of Sao Paulo. We used data from the Sao Paulo Health Survey (n = 3145). Cycling for transportation was evaluated by a questionnaire and bike paths and train/subway stations were geocoded using the geographic coordinates of the adults’ residential addresses in 1500-m buffers. We used multilevel logistic regression, taking account of clustering by census tract and households. The prevalence of cycling for transportation was low (5.1%), and was more prevalent in males, singles, those active in leisure time, and in people with bicycle ownership in their family. Cycling for transportation was associated with bike paths up to a distance of 500 m from residences (OR (Odds Ratio) = 2.54, 95% CI (Confidence interval) 1.16–5.54) and with the presence of train/subway stations for distances >500 m from residences (OR = 2.07, 95% CI 1.10–3.86). These results are important to support policies to improve cycling for transportation in megacities such as Sao Paulo.

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“…Various Latin American countries have set strategies, which have not yet been evaluated, to increase awareness about the harmful effects of transfatty acids ( 414 ) and of high salt intake ( 415 – 419 ). Other population-level initiatives include the creation of guidelines for healthful eating and PA; the creation of Ciclovía-Recreovía in Colombia ( 420 ), additional training of health care professionals to improve diabetes care, and diabetes screening initiatives in Chile, Argentina, and Honduras, nutrition labeling in Ecuador, and the ban of unhealthful foods in schools in Costa Rica, Perú and Guatemala ( 418 ). These new strategies present a unique opportunity to evaluate the process of implementation, the role of stakeholders in their design and implementation, and their eventual impact on anthropometric, lipids, and metabolic indicators or diabetes prevalence and treatment.…”

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From Sea to Shining Sea and the Great Plains to Patagonia: A Review on Current Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in Hispanics/Latinos in the US and Latin America

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The past two decades have witnessed many advances in the prevention, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications. Increased screening has led to a greater recognition of type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) and prediabetes; however, Hispanics/Latinos, the largest minority group in the US, have not fully benefited from these advances. The Hispanic/Latino population is highly diverse in ancestries, birth places, cultures, languages, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and it populates most of the Western Hemisphere. In the US, the prevalence of DM varies among Hispanic/Latino heritage groups, being higher among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans, and lower among South Americans. The risk and prevalence of diabetes among Hispanics/Latinos are significantly higher than in non-Hispanic Whites, and nearly 40% of Hispanics/Latinos with diabetes have not been formally diagnosed. Despite these striking facts, the representation of Hispanics/Latinos in pharmacological and non-pharmacological clinical trials has been suboptimal, while the prevalence of diabetes in these populations continues to rise. This review will focus on the epidemiology, etiology and prevention of type 2 DM in populations of Latin American origin. We will set the stage by defining the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Latin American, explaining the challenges identifying Hispanics/Latinos in the scientific literature and databases, describing the epidemiology of diabetes—including type 2 DM and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)—and cardiovascular risk factors in Hispanics/Latinos in the US and Latin America, and discussing trends, and commonalities and differences across studies and populations, including methodology to ascertain diabetes. We will discuss studies on mechanisms of disease, and research on prevention of type 2 DM in Hispanics/Latinos, including women with GDM, youth and adults; and finalize with a discussion on lessons learned and opportunities to enhance research, and, consequently, clinical care oriented toward preventing type 2 DM in Hispanics/Latinos in the US and Latin America.

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Social conditions and urban environment associated with participation in the Ciclovia program among adults from Cali, Colombia

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Move on Bikes Program: A Community-Based Physical Activity Strategy in Mexico City

Move on Bikes Program: A Community-Based Physical Activity Strategy in Mexico City

Cycling for Transportation in Sao Paulo City: Associations with Bike Paths, Train and Subway Stations

From Sea to Shining Sea and the Great Plains to Patagonia: A Review on Current Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in Hispanics/Latinos in the US and Latin America

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