Built-environment attributes associated with refugee children’s physical activity: a narrative review and research agenda

Table 1 Characteristics of eight studies included in the review

No.	Authors [ref]	Publication year	Study design	Study settings	Countries of origin	Length of stay	Environment-levels	Sample size	PA measurement
1	King et al. [37]	2015	quant.	HIC, USA	Ethnic minority	1–3 years	meso	park observation study	observation
2	Allport et al. [14]	2019	qual.	HIC, UK	*Somali	> 3 years	micro (home), meso	N = 6	self- and parent-report
3	Arcan et al. [38]	2018	qual.	HIC, USA	Somali, Latino, Hmong	> 3 years	micro (home), meso	N = 67	parent-report
4	Guest [39]	2013	qual.	HIC, USA	No specific, multi-ethnic	< 6 months	meso	N = 239 of 380	observation and self-report
5	Hertting & Karlefors [15]	2013	qual.	HIC, Sweden	No specific, multi-ethnic	< 6 months	meso	N = 20	self-report
6	MacMillan et al. [40]	2015	qual.	HIC, Australia	*Iran, Indonesia,Pakistan, Malaysia, Kenya, Uganda	< 6 months	meso	N = 19	self-report
7	Veronese et al. [41]	2020	qual.	LMIC, Palestine	*Palestine	< 6 months	micro (refugee camp), meso (school, community)	N = 29	observation and self-report
8	Wieland et al. [42]	2015	qual.	HIC, USA	Cambodia, Mexico, Somali, Sudan	Not mentioned	micro (home), meso	N = 127	self-report

*: Muslim percentage (%) of total population > 70%; qual.: qualitative; quant.: quantitative; HIC: high income countries; LMIC: low- and middle-income countries; “meso” refers to neighbourhood environments unless otherwise specified

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