Planning for health: A community-based spatial analysis of park availability and chronic disease across the lifespan

Health and Place

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-105

  Besenyi, Gina M ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^a   Stanis, Sonja A Wilhelm ^b   Bergstrom, Ryan D ^c   Lightner, Joseph S ^d   Hipp, J Aaron ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; GIS; Parks; Recreation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARK DESIGN; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL PARK; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARK AVAILABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RECREATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

KANSAS CITY; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896833681     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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