Background: At a time of increasing disconnectedness from nature, scientific interest in the
potential health benefits of nature contact has grown. Research in recent decades has …

Evidence is mounting on the association between the built environment and physical activity
(PA) with a call for intervention research. A broader approach which recognizes the role of …

Social cohesion involves the interpersonal dynamics and sense of connection among
people. Increased social cohesion can be associated with various physical and …

Abstract The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) can
obtain information on park users and their physical activity using momentary time sampling …

Public parks are key community resources that can promote health. Some research has
examined whether parks are equitably dispersed across neighborhoods of varying …

To what extent does the density of the tree cover in a city relate to the amount of social
capital among neighbors? To address this question, we linked social survey data (N= 361) …

Health disparities occur when adverse health conditions are unequal across populations
due in part to gaps in wealth. These disparities continue to plague global health. Decades of …

Objectives. We compared participants from the Ciclovia (streets temporarily closed to
motorized vehicles and open for pedestrians) and Cicloruta (bicycle paths) programs in …

Many cross-sectional studies have supported the health benefits of urban greenways.
However, the causal relationship between urban greenway intervention and residents' …

Against the backdrop of a global physical inactivity crisis, attempts to both understand and
positively influence physical activity behaviours are characterized by a focus on individual …