[PDF][PDF] Contributions of Non-Urban State Parks to Youth Physical Activity: A Case Study in Northern Georgia.

LR Larson, JW Whiting, GT Green… - Journal of Park & …, 2015 - researchgate.net
… used physical activity locations. Overall, this study revealed high levels of … physical
activity during visits to non-urban state parks. Park-based physical activity levels and activity

Teens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods lack access to parks and get less physical activity

SH Babey, TA Hastert, ER Brown - 2007 - escholarship.org
… rates of physical activity.Communities can also develop other places for recreation and
physical activity through policies such as joint use agreements between public schools and park …

Renovations of neighbourhood parks: long-term outcomes on physical activity

DA Cohen, B Han, J Isacoff, B Shulaker… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2019 - jech.bmj.com
… Neighbourhood parks are places designed to support physical activity, but are often … parks
and park-based physical activity levels over a 6-year period, during which five of the six parks

Demographic characteristics and physical activity behaviors in sixteen Michigan parks

JA Reed, AE Price, L Grost, K Mantinan - Journal of community health, 2012 - Springer
… and colleagues [12] highlights the importance of parks to physical activity and public health.
… to increase physical activity in parks. Parks and recreation staff as well as public health …

The role of park proximity and social support in shaping park visitation, physical activity, and perceived health among older adults

A Mowen, E Orsega-Smith… - … of Physical Activity …, 2007 - journals.humankinetics.com
… to physical activity and health, fewer have examined these relationships specific to public
Public parks often provide opportunities for inherently pleasurable leisure experiences and …

[HTML][HTML] Peer Reviewed: Physical Activity Surveillance in Parks Using Direct Observation

P Ward, TL McKenzie, D Cohen… - Preventing chronic …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
physical activity is an important national public health goal (8). Thus, the ongoing investigation
of the epidemiology of physical activity is a … the public health goals for physical activity are …

Adolescents' ratings of features of parks that encourage park visitation and physical activity

J Veitch, J Salmon, K Parker, S Bangay… - … and Physical Activity, 2016 - Springer
… The neighbourhood environment such as the availability of parks are a key, but under-… ’
physical activity. In addition to overall physical activity levels, park-based physical activity and …

[HTML][HTML] An international physical activity and public health research agenda to inform coronavirus disease-2019 policies and practices

JF Sallis, D Adlakha, A Oyeyemi, D Salvo - Journal of sport and health …, 2020 - Elsevier
… the potential to guide public health policy and … public health research relevant to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Although the current literature provides strong scientific premise for the public

Youth and adult visitation and physical activity intensity at rural and urban parks

JN Roemmich, LA Johnson, G Oberg… - … research and public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Parks can be ideal community resources for promoting physical activity. This study compared
park visitation and activity intensity at 15 urban and 15 rural parks matched for acreage …

Codesigning parks for increasing park visits and physical activity in a low-socioeconomic community: the active by community design experience

G Austin, MJ Duncan, T Bell - Health promotion practice, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… (ABCD) project was to engage residents in the redesign of two public open spaces to increase
park visits and park-based physical activity (PBPA). It was anticipated that by adding local …