Background: Despite the importance of physical activity (PA) for good health, not all
populations have equal access to PA facilities and resources. This disparity is an …

The ninth edition of Introduction to Physical Education, Fitness, and Sport is as robust and
instrumental as ever for students preparing for careers in the various physical activity fields …

We present a pragmatic approach to assist planners in addressing racial inequities in park
access. Utilizing the Los Angeles metropolitan region as an example, we used Thiessen …

The purpose of this study is to empirically test the multiple hierarchy stratification perspective
on outdoor recreation participation. Data for this study are from a telephone survey …

Grassroots recreation organizations are volunteer-run informal organizations that deliver
sport and recreation at the local level. Using a qualitative case study approach, this study …

The purposes of this research were to determine if agreement exists among leisure services
practitioners regarding the meaning of leisure and to examine how they describe …

Psychological contract theory is used here to explore the set of expectations and obligations
that community sport club volunteers regard as part of their volunteering experience. In the …

Previous studies on environmental justice have paid limited attention to procedural injustice
in parks. Using the concept of slow violence, this paper interrogates the ideological and …

This study investigated African Americans' travel behavior using Bourdieu's concept of
habitus. In-depth and face-to-face interviews were conducted with 13 middle-class African …

Recreation professionals continually strive to serve a host of diverse program constituents,
while leisure researchers attempt to uncover barriers to leisure participation. Much of the …