Neighborhood poverty, park use, and park-based physical activity in a Southern California city

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2317-2325

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Han, Bing ^a   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^a   Williamson, Stephanie ^a   Marsh, Terry ^a   Rudick, Jodi ^b   McKenzie, Thomas L ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Advisor's Marketing Group   (United States)

^c SDSU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Park management; Parks; Physical activity; Poverty; Socio economic status; Southern California; USA

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PARK MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869504423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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