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How Can Neighborhood Parks Be Used to Increase Physical Activity?

7 May 2018

RAND Corporation researchers have conducted multiple studies to examine park use and assess parks' role in promoting physical activity. They examined individual-, neighborhood-, and park-level factors to determine which had the greatest effect on users' moderate to vigorous physical activity levels. This report describes researchers' methods, findings, and recommendations.
physical exercise community health and well-being neighborhood influences on health urban parks and recreational facilities rand social and economic wellbeing

Authors

Cohen, Deborah A., Leuschner, Kristin J.

Pages
12
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
RR-2490-NHLBI
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Research Reports
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2490.html