Neighborhood poverty, park use, and park-based physical activity in a Southern California city

DA Cohen, B Han, KP Derose, S Williamson… - Social science & …, 2012 - Elsevier
… affecting park use and park-based physical activity, including individual, park, and neighborhood
… We examined the importance of neighborhood poverty in relationship to park-based …

Contributions of neighborhood parks to physical activity in high-poverty urban neighborhoods

S Park, B Han, DA Cohen, KP Derose - Journal of Urban Health, 2018 - Springer
… This study found that parks in high-poverty neighborhoods played a … Parks in high-poverty
neighborhoods in Los Angeles were underutilized compared to parks in other neighborhoods

Promoting physical activity in high-poverty neighborhood parks: A cluster randomized controlled trial

DA Cohen, B Han, KP Derose, S Williamson… - Social science & …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Given that limited park use in high-poverty areas is in large … to increase park-based physical
activity and park use by offering … the parks, promoting a generalization effect so that parks

The geography of recreational open space: Influence of neighborhood racial composition and neighborhood poverty

DT Duncan, I Kawachi, K White, DR Williams - Journal of Urban Health, 2013 - Springer
… Research shows that, when parks are expanded, people use them82; these park expansion
… potential disparities in neighborhood amenities such as parks and other recreational open …

Gender disparities in park use and physical activity among residents of high-poverty neighborhoods in Los Angeles

KP Derose, B Han, S Williamson, DA Cohen - Women's Health Issues, 2018 - Elsevier
… -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. …

… role of perceived crime in gender and built environment associations with park use and park-based physical activity among park users in high poverty neighborhoods

KP Derose, B Han, S Park, S Williamson, DA Cohen - Preventive medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
… In this study of park users across 48 parks in high poverty neighborhoods in Los Angeles, …
on park use are mediated by perceptions of crime in the neighborhood surrounding the park. …

Reconsidering access: park facilities and neighborhood disamenities in New York City

CC Weiss, M Purciel, M Bader, JW Quinn, G Lovasi… - Journal of urban …, 2011 - Springer
… land use may be correlated with neighborhood poverty and racial/ethnic composition, adjusting
park … our conclusions about disparities in the neighborhood environment. To address this …

The paradox of parks in low-income areas: Park use and perceived threats

DA Cohen, B Han, KP Derose… - Environment and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
parks are generally used less in low-income neighborhoods, we conducted a study of parks
in high-poverty … as well as the role of collective efficacy on objectively measured park use. …

Park use among youth and adults: examination of individual, social, and urban form factors

PK Baran, WR Smith, RC Moore… - Environment and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… This article examines park use in relation to neighborhood social (safety and poverty) and
… Systems to objectively measure park use and park and neighborhood characteristics in 20 …

The first national study of neighborhood parks: Implications for physical activity

DA Cohen, B Han, CJ Nagel, P Harnik… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
… their perceptions on park safety might have influenced use of neighborhood parks. It is likely
that some of the lower use of parks in high-poverty neighborhoods might be explained by …