… whether using a community-based participatory approach with park directors and park
advisory boards (PABs) could increase physical activity in local parks. Whether involving PABs …

… The evaluation of this intervention provides promising preliminary evidence that promotores
may be able to promote utilization of parks and other community facilities for physical activity…

… physical activity, positive social interactions and overall well-being. Yet research on civic
participation in park … dogs in parks, we had an opportunity to study civic participation in decision-…

… An ‘engagement through sport’ agenda has emerged in the last few years in … physical activity
in the community. However, it can be maintained that stagnant or declining physical activity …

… parks in 25 major cities (population >100,000) across the US was selected. Park use, park-based
physical activity, and park … Park administrators were interviewed to assess policies and …

… parks or let their children walk to school. Community engagement not only reshapes the
physical … and to preserve the available physical activity opportunities. TVTAP members are …

… never been trained to do community engagement; sadly, it is not … community engagement is
a problem everywhere in our … of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A …

… how park and recreation settings might influence public … money in the community and increase
the community’s tax base… via physical activity in parks, other important benefits of park use …

… , and parks and recreation access, as well as greater barriers to consideration of physical
activity in community design decision making.15, 16 LHD characteristics and activities have …

… of Bartram’s Garden, which is a park in Philadelphia, and its … by community engagement of
a nonprofit park organization … resident perceptions of park ownership and the park as part of …