The significance of parks to physical activity and public health

Bedimo-Rung, Ariane L.; Mowen, Andrew J.; Cohen, Deborah A.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.024

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“…Perceptions of neighborhood park quality were measured on a 5-point scale (10strongly disagree and 50strongly agree) using seven items adapted from previous qualitative and quantitative research [7,16,32,35,[50][51][52]. Respondents indicated their agreement with statements about "parks in their neighborhood" that related to cleanliness, availability of facilities of interest, how well used the parks are, attractiveness, safety, maintenance, and the extent to which parks are a benefit to the neighborhood (see Table 3 for full items).…”

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“…Parks are increasingly recognized as an important component of the built environment for physical activity [7,8]. By providing low-cost and accessible opportunities for physical activity, parks are used by a vast majority of people and thus can enhance physical activity at the population level across ages, cultures, ethnicities, genders, income levels, and abilities [7,[9][10][11][12].…”

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“…Bedimo-Rung et al [7] proposed a conceptual framework on the relationship between park environmental characteristics and park-based physical activity. Stemming from this, a growing body of literature indicates that park characteristics, such as access, safety, features, condition, and attractiveness may influence physical activity [7,13]. Most previous research has employed objective measures, such as observational audits and geographic information systems (GIS) methods to examine park characteristics related to physical activity.…”

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“…Bedimo-Rung et al's conceptual model [7] suggests that park quality can influence park-based physical activity. Furthermore, the SLOTH model [39] of how people spend their time specifies that physical activity occurs in various domains and that each domain contributes to total physical activity.…”

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“…As park-based physical activity is an important component of overall physical activity [7,23,39], perceptions of parks may impact not only parkbased physical activity but overall physical activity as well. Furthermore, some research has established associations between park access or features and BMI [42,43], yet no studies to date have examined perceptions of park quality and BMI.…”

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Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

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Background Parks are important resources for physical activity (PA), yet few studies have examined how perceptions of park characteristics relate to PA and health. Purpose This study investigated associations between perceptions of neighborhood park quality and overall moderateto-vigorous PA (MVPA), park-based PA, and body mass index (BMI). Methods Data were collected via questionnaire from 893 households in Kansas City, Missouri. Results The newly developed neighborhood park quality scale demonstrated good test-retest and internal reliability. Residents' perceptions of neighborhood park quality were related to PA and health outcomes. Perceiving parks as a benefit was positively related to overall MVPA and park-based PA and negatively related to BMI. Perceptions of well-used parks were positively related to BMI, while perceived cleanliness was negatively related to parkbased PA. Conclusions Better measuring and understanding how perceptions of local parks are associated with PA and health can improve appreciation of how parks facilitate active living.

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Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

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Exposure to Neighborhood Walkability and Residential Greenness and Incident Fracture

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Yang,

et al. 2023

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceEmerging studies have suggested that environmental factors are associated with fracture. However, little is known about the association of neighborhood walkability and residential greenness with fracture.ObjectiveTo investigate the association of long-term exposure to walkability and greenness with incident fracture and explore the potential interaction effect.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study recruited participants aged 40 years or older in Ningbo, China from June 2015 to January 2018. Participants were observed for outcomes through February 2023, with data analysis conducted in March 2023.ExposuresNeighborhood walkability was measured by a modified walkability calculation method according to a walk score tool. Residential greenness was assessed by satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) within a 1000-m buffer.Main Outcomes and MeasuresIncident fracture was ascertained according to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision codes via the Yinzhou Health Information System. Cox proportional hazards models were fit, with age as time scale to estimate the associations of walkability and greenness with fracture. Potential effect modification was explored by covariates, as well as the interactive effect of walkability and greenness.ResultsA total of 23 940 participants were included in this study with 13 735 being female (57.4%). The mean (SD) age at baseline was 63.4 (9.4) years. During a follow-up period of 134 638 person-years, 3322 incident fractures were documented. In the full adjusted model, every IQR increment in neighborhood walkability and residential greenness was associated with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.88 (95% CI, 0.83-0.92) and 0.84 (95% CI, 0.80-0.89), respectively, for fracture. Furthermore, the association of greenness and fracture was greater with an increase in walkability. The HR (Q4 vs Q1) for greenness was 0.62 (95% CI, 0.46-0.82) in neighborhoods with the highest quartile of walkability.Conclusions and RelevanceThis population cohort study suggested that long-term exposure to neighborhood walkability and residential greenness were both associated with lower risk of incident fracture. The benefits of greenness increased in more walkable areas.

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Fault zone regulation, seismic hazard, and social vulnerability inLos Angeles,California:Hazardor urban amenity?

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Public perception and regulation of environmental hazards are important factors in the development and configuration of cities. Throughout California, probabilistic seismic hazard mapping and geologic investigations of active faults have spatially quantified earthquake hazard. In Los Angeles, these analyses have informed earthquake engineering, public awareness, the insurance industry, and the government regulation of developments near faults. Understanding the impact of natural hazards regulation on the social and built geography of cities is vital for informing future science and policy directions. We constructed a relative social vulnerability index classification for Los Angeles to examine the social condition within regions of significant seismic hazard, including areas regulated as Alquist-Priolo (AP) Act earthquake fault zones. Despite hazard disclosures, social vulnerability is lowest within AP regulatory zones and vulnerability increases with distance from them. Because the AP Act requires building setbacks from active faults, newer developments in these zones are bisected by parks. Parcel-level analysis demonstrates that homes adjacent to these fault zone parks are the most valuable in their neighborhoods. At a broad scale, a Landsat-based normalized difference vegetation index shows that greenness near AP zones is greater than the rest of the metropolitan area. In the parks-poor city of Los Angeles, fault zone regulation has contributed to the construction of park space within areas of earthquake hazard, thus transforming zones of natural hazard into amenities, attracting populations of relatively high social status, and demonstrating that the distribution of social vulnerability is sometimes more strongly tied to amenities than hazards.

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The significance of parks to physical activity and public health

Cited by 1,096 publications

References 63 publications

Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

Exposure to Neighborhood Walkability and Residential Greenness and Incident Fracture

Fault zone regulation, seismic hazard, and social vulnerability inLos Angeles,California:Hazardor urban amenity?

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