TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The relationship between job components, neighbourhood walkability and African academics' physical activity: a post-COVID-19 context
JO  - Health promotion international
A1  - Asiamah, Nestor
A1  - Opuni, Frank Frimpong
A1  - Muhonja, Faith
A1  - Danquah, Emelia
A1  - Agyemang, Simon Mawulorm
A1  - Agyemang, Irene
A1  - Omisore, Akinlolu
A1  - Mensah, Henry Kofi
A1  - Hatsu, Sylvester
A1  - Baffoe, Rita Sarkodie
A1  - Eku, Eric
A1  - Manu, Christiana Afriyie
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Research to date suggests that physical activity (PA) among academics is insufficient globally. Academics in many African countries were recently required to resume work while observing social distancing protocols. Physical inactivity (PI) was, therefore, expected to increase in such academics. Interestingly, walkable neighbourhoods are resources that could discourage excessive sitting and PI in this situation. This study, therefore, assessed the moderating role of neighbourhood walkability in the relationship between core job components (i.e. on-site teaching, online teaching, research and student assessment) and PA among academics. The study adopted a cross-sectional design that utilized an online survey hosted by Google Forms to gather data. Participants were volunteer full-time academics in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. A total of 1064 surveys were analysed, with a sensitivity analysis utilized to select covariates for the ultimate hierarchical linear regression model. After controlling for the ultimate covariates (e.g. gender, education and income), PA was found to be positively associated with the job component 'research work' but negatively associated with student assessment. Neighbourhood walkability increased the positive relationship of research work with PA and reduced the negative relationship of student assessment with PA. The non-significant negative relationship between 'teaching online' and PA was made positively significant by neighbourhood walkability. We conclude that research as a job component is positively associated with PA, but online teaching is negatively associated with PA among African academics in a post-COVID-19 context.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0957-4824
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab090
ID  - ref1
ER  -