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Multiple deprivation and geographic distance to community physical activity events - achieving equitable access to parkrun in England.
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- An integrative review of the physical, mental, and socioeconomic benefits of outdoor hiking.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- The interplay between social environment and opportunities for physical activity within the built environment: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- New Parkrunners Are Slower and the Attendance Gender Gap Narrowing Making Parkrun More Inclusive.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of successful return to parkrun for first-time adult participants in Scotland.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Improving access to public physical activity events for disadvantaged communities in Australia.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Barriers to initiating and maintaining participation in parkrun.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Exploring the benefits of participation in community-based running and walking events: a cross-sectional survey of parkrun participants.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in distance to and participation in a community-based running and walking activity: A longitudinal ecological study of parkrun 2010 to 2019.Health & place · 2021Article
- Nature's Role in Supporting Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Geospatial and Socioecological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Multiple deprivation and geographic distance to community physical activity events - achieving equitable access to parkrun in England.Public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate geographic access to free weekly outdoor physical activity events ('parkrun') in England, with a particular focus on deprived communities, and to identify optimal locations for future events to further maximise access. STUDY
designThis study is a cross-sectional ecological analysis of the socio-economic disparities in geographic access to parkrun events in England in late 2018.
methodsWe combined geolocation data on all English Lower Layer Super Output Areas and parkrun events to calculate geodesic distances to the nearest event for more than 32,000 communities in England. We use this measure of geographic access to summarise the relationship between access and socio-economic deprivation, measured using the index of multiple deprivation. We then used geographic coordinates of public green spaces in England to conduct a simple location-allocation analysis to identify 200 locations for future event locations that would maximise access.
resultsIn England, 69% of the population live within 5 km of one of the 465 parkrun events. There is a small negative correlation between distance and deprivation, indicating that access is slightly better in more socio-economically deprived areas. Setting up an additional 200 events in optimal locations would improve access: the average distance to the nearest parkrun event would improve by 1.22 km, from 4.65 km to 3.43 km, and approximately 82% of the English population would live within 5 km of a parkrun event.
conclusionOver two-thirds of the English population live within 5 km of a parkrun event, and contrary to our expectation, we find that geographic access is slightly better for those living in more deprived communities. Creating additional events may improve geographic access, but effective strategies will still be needed to increase engagement in new and existing events by those living in socio-economically deprived areas.
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