Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Active Use of Parks in Flanders (Belgium): An Exploratory Observational Study.
Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Evaluating the impact of park renovation on park-based physical activity: a natural experiment in Belgium with two years of follow-up.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Greenspaces and Health: Scoping Review of studies in Europe.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Investigating the Usage Patterns of Park Visitors and Their Driving Factors to Improve Urban Community Parks in China: Taking Jinan City as an Example.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Residential green space and child intelligence and behavior across urban, suburban, and rural areas in Belgium: A longitudinal birth cohort study of twins.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- Differences in park characteristic preferences for visitation and physical activity among adolescents: A latent class analysis.PloS one · 2019Article
- How Urban Parks Offer Opportunities for Physical Activity in Dublin, Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Factors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers.International journal of health geographics · 2018Article
- Access and quality of parks and associations with obesity: A cross-sectional study.SSM - population health · 2017Article
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Abstract
Parks have the potential to increase physical activity at the community level by providing opportunities to be active. In order to inform interventions to promote physical activity in parks, insight is needed concerning park user characteristics, the activity level of park users, the types of activities performed and associations between park areas and temporal variables with observed physical activity levels. Park user characteristics (sex, age, ethnicity and activity level) were recorded within pre-defined park areas in two parks in Ghent (Belgium) using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC). Most park users were male, adult, and engaged in vigorous-intensity physical activity (48%). Most popular activities were biking (38%), sitting (23%) and walking (15%); accordingly, trails were used most and had the highest levels of physical activity compared to other park areas. Parks were used least frequently in the morning, during the weekend and by seniors. Therefore, active park use during morning periods, on weekend days and by seniors should be promoted and urban planners should consider that different park areas can possibly elicit varying activity levels among park users.
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