Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2017
Promoting physical activity in high-poverty neighborhood parks: A cluster randomized controlled trial.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Participation and Physical Activities in Parks: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of park-based interventions on health-related outcomes: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Association between Urban Greenspace and Health: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The mediating role of perceived crime in gender and built environment associations with park use and park-based physical activity among park users in high poverty neighborhoods.Preventive medicine · 2019Trial
- Gender Disparities in Park Use and Physical Activity among Residents of High-Poverty Neighborhoods in Los Angeles.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthTrial
- Physical Activity and Recreation for Kids Study (PARKS): Park-intensive community outreach for child physical activity group-randomized controlled trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- "If children don't feel safe, they won't come back": A qualitative exploration of parents' perceptions of health coordinators in a family-based programme in socially disadvantaged communities.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Exploring the benefits of nature-based interventions in socio-economically deprived communities: a narrative review of the evidence to date.Perspectives in public health · 2023Review
- The Impact of the Social Determinants of Human Health on Companion Animal Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Evaluating physical activity interventions for socioeconomically disadvantaged adults through the RE-AIM framework: A systematic review of experimental and non-/quasi-experimental trials.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Interventions to increase physical activity: An analysis of candidate behavioural mechanisms.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Engaging citizen scientists to build healthy park environments in Colombia.Health promotion international · 2021Article
- Improved Street Walkability, Incivilities, and Esthetics Are Associated with Greater Park Use in Two Low-Income Neighborhoods.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Park Marketing Strategies, Park Conditions, and Park Use: A Longitudinal National Study of Parks.Journal of physical activity & health · 2019Article
- Perceptions of Nature and Access to Green Space in Four Urban Neighborhoods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Low-Income Neighborhoods.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2019Article
- ParkIndex: Using Key Informant Interviews to Inform the Development of a New Park Access Evaluation Tool.Journal of park and recreation administration · 2019Article
- Contributions of Neighborhood Parks to Physical Activity in High-Poverty Urban Neighborhoods.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
- Violent Crime and Park Use in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Although physical activity can help mitigate or prevent multiple chronic diseases, most people in the U.S., especially high-poverty minority groups, engage in insufficient levels of physical activity. To test ways to promote more physical activity in high-poverty area public parks we conducted a randomized controlled intervention trial. After completing baseline measures of park-based physical activity using systematic direct observation three times/day each month for six months and assessing preferences for park programming among 1445 residents living within 1 mile of study parks, we randomized 48 parks in high poverty neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles, California during 2013-2014 to four study arms: 1) free physical activity classes over a 6-month period, 2) a frequent user program where participants could win prizes based upon the number of visits they made to the park, 3) both the programs, and 4) neither one (control condition). We re-measured park use in 2014-2015 using the same methods during the six months the intervention programs were in operation. A total of 2047 free park classes were offered attracting 16,718 participants. The frequent user programs enrolled 1452 individuals and prizes were awarded to 830. Residents in the two study arms with free classes were more likely to report being aware of and participating in park-based physical activity programs; however, overall observed park-based physical activity increased similarly across all study arms. The process evaluation uncovered several barriers to program implementation, including inconsistent scheduling of classes, partly due to safety concerns among instructors. Multiple social factors interfere with leisure time physical activity among low-income populations, suggesting modest interventions may be insufficient to overcome these issues. Although new park programs can attract users, new programs alone may be insufficient to increase overall park use in low-income neighborhoods at times when the programs are not taking place.
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