Park Environments to Promote Public Health
Conceptual Model
Park Assessments
Research on Park Environments to Promote Public Health
Publications


Publications Related to Research on Park Environments to Promote Public Health

  1. Bedimo-Rung AL, Mowen AJ, Cohen DA. The Significance of Parks to Physical Activity & Public Health: A Conceptual Model. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005;28(2S2):159-168.
  2. Bedimo-Rung AL, Gustat J, Tompkins BJ, Rice J, Thomson J. Development of a Direct Observation Instrument to Measure Environmental Characteristics of Parks for Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2006;S1:S171-S184.
  3. Bedimo-Rung AL, Thomson JL, Mowen AJ, Gustat J, Tompkins BJ, Strikmiller PK, Sothern MS. The Condition of Neighborhood Parks Following Hurricane Katrina:  Development of a Post-Hurricane Assessment Instrument. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2008;5:45-57.
  4. Broyles ST, Mowen AJ, Theall KP, Gustat J, Rung AL. Integrating Social Capital into a Park Use and Active Living Framework. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011;40(5):522-529.
  5. Rung AL, Broyles ST, Mowen AJ, Gustat J, Sothern MS. Escaping to and Being Active in Neighborhood Parks: Park Use in a Post-Disaster Setting. Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management 2011;35(2):383-403.
  6. Rung AL, Mowen AJ, Broyles ST, Gustat J. The Role of Park Conditions and Features on Park Visitation and Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity & Health 2011;8(Suppl 2):S178-S187.
  7. Mowen AJ, Rung AL. Neighborhood parks and social capital: Are there variations across visitors with different socio-demographic characteristics and behaviors? Leisure/Loisir forthcoming.