Sociocultural Dimensions of Children’s Physical Activity in Contemporary Pastoralist Maasai Society

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dc.contributor.authorTian, Xiaojie
dc.contributor.authorKidokoro, Tetsuhiro
dc.contributor.authorMwangi, Francis Mundia
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-01T09:40:33Z
dc.date.available2024-03-01T09:40:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractChildren’s physical activity (CPA) in low- and middle-income regions has received increasing attention, but research is still very limited. This study explores the CPA in contemporary pastoralist Maasai society in rural Kenya by considering its sociocultural dimensions. The physical activity of 25 children (15 girls and 10 boys) was documented with mixed methods, including an epidemiological assessment of the CPA and semi-structured interviews with the targeted children regarding their daily activities. These methods were integrated with the ethnographic data on children’s socialization in the same area. Results showed a very high level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) of these children with significant gender differences especially outside school. Children reported their continued social participation in local gender–age labor divisions outside of school. As their activities outside school strongly contributed to their empirical learning of local knowledge and skills, a high MVPA plays an active role in enhancing the children’s ability to access and manage livestock and different natural resources. Findings from this study first show that the CPA is not merely physical, but also has significant sociocultural meanings in the process of in situ learning of local wisdom. We call more attention to children’s social roles in future investigations of CPA among less examined populations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTian, X.; Kidokoro, T.; Mwangi, F.M. Sociocultural Dimensions of Children’s Physical Activity in Contemporary Pastoralist Maasai Society. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8337. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168337en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8337
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27706
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publishermdipen_US
dc.subjectpastoralist Maasai childrenen_US
dc.subjectphysical activityen_US
dc.subjectsociocultural rolesen_US
dc.subjectsubsistence worken_US
dc.subjectoutside school activitiesen_US
dc.subjectgender differencesen_US
dc.titleSociocultural Dimensions of Children’s Physical Activity in Contemporary Pastoralist Maasai Societyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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