Do health benefits outweigh the costs of mass recreational programs? an economic analysis of four ciclovía programs

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-170

  Montes, Felipe ^a   Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Zarama, Roberto ^a   Pratt, Michael ^b   Wang, Guijing ^b   Jacoby, Enrique ^c   Schmid, Thomas L ^b   Ramos, Mauricio ^d   Ruiz, Oscar ^d   Vargas, Olga ^e   Michel, Gabriel ^f   Zieff, Susan G ^g   Valdivia, Juan Alejandro ^h   Cavill, Nick ⁱ   Kahlmeier, Sonja ^j  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Instituto Distrital Para la Recreación y El Deporte Idrd   (Colombia)

^e Instituto de Deportes y Recreación de Medellín INDER   (Colombia)

^f UMA ^*  (Mexico)

^g SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ Mercury Offices   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Ciclov a program; Complex system; Cost benefit ratio; Dynamics of large cities; Economic assessment; Human behavior; Nonmotorized transport; Physical activity; Urban organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

COLOMBIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SAN FRANCISCO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857910348     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9628-8     Document Type: Article

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