… to park use … park strategies for addressing health disparities, we recommend to focus the
efforts on increasing awareness of park-related health benefits and removing specific park use …

… features and amenities in areas usually considered disadvantaged could be a strategy to
reduce health disparities. This unexpected pattern of “equitable differences,” based on the …

… high-risk communities according to income and nativity can lead to environmental and policy
interventions that might facilitate increased physical activity and reduced health disparities. …

… well-documented SES and racial/ethnic disparities in physical inactivity–related … parks in
the present study was not ideal to contribute to reducing physical activity and health disparities. …

… of park elements and features can promote park use. However, picnic areas have been
found to afford primarily sedentary uses.42 Therefore, they may draw people to parks and …

… health burden of a myriad of chronic diseases.Reducing and ultimately eliminating health
disparities is a national health goal. … of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities.One of the …

… quality but not in the quality of green land cover, we expect parks to have weaker … of health
disparities, health inequities, and health equity, and we review the major health disparities …

… -level variables that we hypothesized might influence individual's park use, in particular
women: number of observed park users and percent of park users that are male. …

… racial/ethnic segregation and health disparities (Kramer & Hogue, 2009; Williams & Collins,
2001). However, racial/ethnic health disparities vary by health indicators and minorities …

… disparities contribute to social and health disparities.6 , 7 Although concern about the inequitable
distribution of parks … City, comparing disparities in access to parks and features of parks …