Scale development: Perceived barriers to public use of school recreational facilities

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-318

  Spengler, John O ^a   Ko, Yong Jae ^a   Connaughton, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Community use; Recreational facilities; Scale; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RECREATION; SANITATION; SCHOOL;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84862014250     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.36.3.3     Document Type: Article

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