How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia
Journal article
Veitch, Jenny, Carver, Alison, Abbott, Gavin, Giles-Corti, Billie, Timperio, Anna and Salmon, Jo. (2015). How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia. BMC Public Health. 15(610), pp. 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1960-6
Authors | Veitch, Jenny, Carver, Alison, Abbott, Gavin, Giles-Corti, Billie, Timperio, Anna and Salmon, Jo |
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Abstract | Background: Parks are generally an under-utilized resource in the community with great potential to enhance levels of physical activity. If parks are to attract more visitors across a broad cross-section of the population and facilitate increased physical activity, research is needed to better understand park visitor characteristics and how visitors spend their time in parks. The Recording and EValuating Activity in a Modified Park (REVAMP) study is a natural experiment monitoring a park upgrade in a low socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhood. This study described the observed baseline characteristics of park visitors (age, sex) and characteristics of visitation (weekday or weekend day, period of the day) and explored how these characteristics were associated with observed park-based physical activity in two metropolitan parks located Melbourne, Australia. |
Keywords | Observation; Park; Physical activity; Public open space; Park visitor |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | BMC Public Health |
Journal citation | 15 (610), pp. 1 - 8 |
Publisher | Biomed Central Ltd |
ISSN | 1471-2458 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1960-6 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84936165070 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 1 - 8 |
Research Group | Institute for Health and Ageing |
Publisher's version | |
Additional information | © 2015 Veitch et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/861z5/how-active-are-people-in-metropolitan-parks-an-observational-study-of-park-visitation-in-australia
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