Parental Neighborhood Safety Perceptions and Their Children's Health Behaviors: Associations by Child Age, Gender and Household Income

Westley, Tracy; Kaczynski, Andrew T.; Stanis, Sonja A. Wilhelm; Besenyi, Gina M.

doi:10.7721/chilyoutenvi.23.3.0118

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“…Therefore, a number of studies have examined factors promoting park use. Among these factors are proximity to a park, the size of a park, the quality and quantity of facilities and their maintenance, programming and outreach, and the characteristics of surrounding neighborhoods (Akpinar, 2016; Baran et al, 2014; Cohen et al, 2012; Cohen et al, 2010; Floyd, Spengler, Maddock, Gobster, & Suau, 2008; Giles-Corti et al, 2005; Grow et al, 2008; Kaczynski, Potwarka, & Saelens, 2008; Kemperman & Timmermans, 2006; Koohsari, Karakiewicz, & Kaczynski, 2013; Leslie, Cerin, & Kremer, 2010; Loukaitou-Sideris & Sideris, 2009; McCormack, Rock, Toohey, & Hignell, 2010; Mowen, Orsega-smith, Payne, Ainsworth, & Godbey, 2007; Özgüner, 2011; Parra, Gomez, Fleischer, & David Pinzon, 2010; Ries et al, 2009; Schipperijn et al, 2010; Wendel, Zarger, & Mihelcic, 2012; Westley, Kaczynski, Stanis, & Besenyi, 2013).…”

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Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park

2019

Environment and Behavior

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As the world becomes more urbanized, neighborhood parks are becoming an increasingly important venue where people engage in physical and social activities. Using park-use data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the aim of this study is to account for park use in light of park attributes and neighborhood conditions. The role of the built environment near a park receives particular attention as it is understudied in the literature. A regression model shows that neighborhood park utilization is positively associated with park attributes (i.e., larger area, a playground, a creek/pond, quality maintenance, and organized activities) and neighborhood attributes (i.e., fewer minority/low-income population, higher density, more commercial and public uses, and a well-connected street network). The statistical significance of these factors varies by user types. This study provides insights into the role of neighborhood compactness and mixed land use, which calls for interdisciplinary collaboration among urban planners/designers, landscape architects, and park programmers.

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Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park

2019

Environment and Behavior

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“…The quality of a park has been assessed through various factors, namely accessibility, safety, amenities, maintenance, vegetation, aesthetic feature, illumination, etc. [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. These factors which define the quality of parks are further classified into Qualitative feature (Design) Extraneous, and Management categories based on their nature, as shown in Table 1.…”

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Identification of Relationship between the Quality and Uses of Public Parks in India

Jogdande¹,

Bandyopadhyay²

2023

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The study aims to identify the relationship between the quality and the uses of public parks in India. It has been observed from the literature that the quality of the park is generally evaluated based on some 'factors' that, in turn, define the 'use' of the park. In this study, a mixed-method approach is adopted for evaluating the relationship between the quality of parks and their uses. Statistically, Pearson's Correlation Analysis determines such a relationship. The finding of the study identifies that some of the identified factors are "design factors" of the parks, and the rest are mostly contextual, like extraneous, characteristics of surrounding areas and management factors. The study concludes that the use of park is not only dependent on design factors and their quality but also depends on the quality of the extraneous factors, characteristics of surrounding areas and management policies of the parks. These four factors create an image of the park and generate legibility for its specific use. Park designers and planners must focus on the design factors which give legibility for its specific use, considering the characteristics of the surrounding areas and management policies of the park. They should also understand the users' needs while designing and planning the parks. The study would be helpful for park designers and planners to improve the utility of the park.

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“…Parents' subjective neighborhood safety is associated with health and developmental outcomes of the child [49][50][51], independent of objective measures such as SES [42,[46][47][48]52,53]. For racially and ethnically marginalized populations, having fewer SES resources means economic distress, housing insecurity, and food scarcity, which may reduce parents' subjective neighborhood safety and increase baseline stress and fear of violence [54].…”

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Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance: Complexities by Race, Ethnicity, and Cognitive Domain

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Background:Aim: To examine racial/ethnic variations in the effect of parents’ subjective neighborhood safety on children’s cognitive performance. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 10,027 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The exposure variable was parents’ subjective neighborhood safety. The outcomes were three domains of children’s cognitive performance: general cognitive performance, executive functioning, and learning/memory. We used mixed-effects regression models for data analysis. Results: Overall, parents’ subjective neighborhood safety was positively associated with children’s executive functioning, but not general cognitive performance or learning/memory. Higher parents’ subjective neighborhood safety had a more positive influence on the executive functioning of non-Hispanic White than Asian American children. Higher parents’ subjective neighborhood safety was associated with higher general cognitive performance and learning/memory for non-White children relative to non-Hispanic White children. Conclusion: The race/ethnicity of children moderates the association between neighborhood safety and cognitive performance. This becomes more complicated, as the patterns seem to differ across ethnicity and cognitive domains. It is unknown whether the observed racial/ethnic variations in the effect of neighborhood safety on cognitive performance are neighborhood characteristics such as residential segregation. Addressing neighborhood inequalities is needed if we wish to reduce racial/ethnic inequities in the cognitive development of children.

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Parental Neighborhood Safety Perceptions and Their Children's Health Behaviors: Associations by Child Age, Gender and Household Income

Cited by 13 publications

References 109 publications

Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Identification of Relationship between the Quality and Uses of Public Parks in India

Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance: Complexities by Race, Ethnicity, and Cognitive Domain

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