Camden active spaces: Does the construction of active school playgrounds in fluence children's physical activity levels? A longitudinal quasi-experiment protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Lee ^a   Kipps, Courtney ^b   Aggio, Daniel ^c   Fox, Paul ^d   Robinson, Nigel ^d   Trend, Verena ^d   Munnery, Suzie ^d   Kelly, Barry ^e   Hamer, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Muscle Cellular and Molecular Physiology Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^d London Borough of Havering   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84905916725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005729     Document Type: Article

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