Reclaiming the streets for people: Insights from Ciclovías Recreativas in Latin America

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages S34-S40

  Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Díaz del Castillo, Adriana ^a,b   Triana, Camilo A ^a   Acevedo, María José ^b   Gonzalez, Silvia A ^a   Pratt, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Salud Transversal   (Colombia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciclov a; Community based programs; Physical activity; Public space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STREET CLOSURE; COOPERATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRENDS;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84995495823     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.028     Document Type: Article

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