Objectives. Parks provide places for people to experience nature, engage in physical
activity, and relax. We studied how residents in low-income, minority communities use …

BACKGROUND: Systematic study of human behavior in public parks and specific activity
settings can inform policy to promote physical activity in diverse communities. METHODS …

Purpose. To assess the use of new pocket parks in low-income neighborhoods. Design. The
design of the study was a quasi-experimental post-test only comparison. Setting. Los …

Objectives. We studied whether park size, number of features in the park, and distance to a
park from participants' homes were related to a park being used for physical activity …

OBJECTIVE: A physical activity disparity exists between rural and urban residents.
Community parks are resources for physical activity because they are publicly provided …

Racial-ethnic disparities in physical activity present important challenges to population
health. Public parks provide access to free or low-cost physical activity opportunities, but it is …

Introduction An extensive infrastructure of neighborhood parks supports leisure time
physical activity in most US cities; yet, most Americans do not meet national guidelines for …

OBJECTIVE: To assess how park characteristics and demographic factors are associated
with park use. METHODS: We studied a diverse sample of parks in a Southern California …

Park-based physical activity is a promising means to satisfy current physical activity
requirements. However, there is little research concerning what park environmental and …

Objective To quantify the contribution of US neighborhood parks to the time spent in
moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) by the local population. Methods …