ArticleJournal of healthy eating and active living2023
Availability of Recreation Facilities and Parks In Relation to Adolescent Participation in Organized Sports and Activity Programs.
Article in Journal of healthy eating and active living, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators to structured, out-of-school physical activity participation among rural youth in the United States: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Online Exercise on Physical Activity, Motor Function, and Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environment and physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review including 149 studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Analyzing health inequality among adolescents in Chile: Physical activity, socioeconomics, and play environments across genders.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Business Support for Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Urban, Low-Income, Predominantly Black Neighborhoods.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- How landscape element characterization affects aesthetic preferences and visual attention in urban wetland park recreation spaces.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Social epidemiology of sports and extracurricular activities in early adolescents.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Opportunities for physical activity in the school environment and their association with physical activity and sedentary behavior in Brazilian adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Most adolescents do not meet physical activity guidelines, so understanding facilitators and barriers is important. This study used surveys and geocoded location data to examine associations of availability of parks and recreation facilities with adolescent-reported participation in organized team sports and physical activity classes. The study was conducted with 928 adolescents aged 12-17 years, plus one parent/caretaker, recruited from two regions of the US. Adolescents' participation in teams and classes was positively associated with parents' perceptions of multiple available recreation environments, but not with objectively-measured availability. Having multiple nearby parks and recreation facilities may provide adolescents with more options for participating in preferred organized team sports and activity classes.
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