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
The purpose of the Active By Community Design (ABCD) project was to engage residents in
the redesign of two public open spaces to increase park visits and park-based physical …

Redesigning a neighborhood park to increase physical activity: a community-based participatory approach

MM Patton-López, R Muñoz, K Polanco… - Journal of Public …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Community collaboration and active engagement of neighborhood residents in
park redesign are promising strategies for creating public spaces that support physical …

'The park a tree built': Evaluating how a park development project impacted where people play

DK King, J Litt, J Hale, KM Burniece, C Ross - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Community parks have achieved recognition as a public health intervention to promote
physical activity. This study evaluated changes in population-level physical activity when an …

Park usage and physical activity: an exploration of park features, neighbourhoods, and park programs

K Hamilton - 2011 - library-archives.canada.ca
Abstract<? Pub Inc> Parks have a long-standing history of providing leisure and recreation
environments to local neighbourhood residents. They are designed to enhance the livability …

What do adults want in parks? A qualitative study using walk-along interviews

J Veitch, N Biggs, B Deforche, A Timperio - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Parks provide opportunities for physical activity and social interaction and are
critical for enhancing public health. It is therefore important to better understand the needs …

Exploring park director roles in promoting community physical activity

T Marsh, KP Derose, DA Cohen - Journal of Physical …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Parks provide numerous opportunities for physical activity (PA). Previous
studies have evaluated parks' physical features, but few have assessed how park staff …

Increasing translation of research evidence for optimal park design: a qualitative study with stakeholders

J Veitch, E Denniss, K Ball, H Koorts… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background The design of parks is critical to ensure they are appealing, meet the needs of
the community and optimise opportunities for physical activity, relaxation, exposure to nature …

Association of park renovation with park use in New York City

HP Kodali, KE Wyka, SA Costa, KR Evenson… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Equity-driven citywide park redesign and renovation, such as the Community
Parks Initiative (CPI), has the potential to increase park use and opportunities for physical …

Involving community stakeholders to increase park use and physical activity

KP Derose, T Marsh, M Mariscal, S Pina-Cortez… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study is to describe implementation of a randomized controlled trial
of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches to increase park use and …

An initiative to facilitate park usage, discovery, and physical activity among children and adolescents in Greenville County, South Carolina, 2014

ML Fair, AT Kaczynski, SM Hughey… - Preventing Chronic …, 2017 - stacks.cdc.gov
Introduction Parks are important settings for increasing population-level physical activity
(PA). The objective of this study was to evaluate Park Hop, an incentivized scavenger-hunt …