Park Environments to Promote Public Health
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Conceptual Model


Under a grant from the Active Living Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we developed a conceptual model describing the domains that we may contribute to making parks more attractive for physical activity.1

This model guided our thinking as we developed instruments to objectively measure park environments that may be associated with physical activity. Click here to see the published article.





References:

1.  Bedimo-Rung AL, Mowen AJ and Cohen DA. The Significance of Parks to Physical Activity and Public Health: A Conceptual Model. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005;28(2S2):159-168.