Conceptual Model

Under a grant from the Active Living Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Round 1), we developed a conceptual model describing the domains that we believe 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.

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The Relationship between Parks and Public Health

Park Domains

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.

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