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Environmental Justice: A Framework for Collaboration Between the Public Health and Parks and Recreation Fields to Study Disparities in Physical Activity

Wendell C. Taylor, Myron F. Floyd, Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, and Joseph Brooks

Background:

Despite the importance of physical activity (PA) for good health, not all populations have equal access to PA facilities and resources. This disparity is an environmental justice (EJ) issue because of the negative impact on the health of low-income and racial/ethnic minorities.

Methods:

This paper reviews the first wave of the EJ movement, presents the second wave of the EJ movement, discusses the implications of adopting principles from the EJ movement to focus on research in parks and recreation services (PRS), and recommends future research directions.

Results:

Studies on EJ have documented the disproportionate burden of environmental challenges experienced by low-income and racial/ethnic minorities. With regard to PA, these communities face inadequate access to, quality of, financing for, and public involvement in recreation opportunities.

Conclusions:

EJ is a useful framework to facilitate collaborative research between public health and PRS to study racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in PA.

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 4 (2007): Issue s1 (Jan 2007): Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity

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Policy and Advocacy in Physical Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Risto Marttinen and Aaron Beighle

enacted by teachers and thus, they become key policy actors. In the next section, we discuss the difference between PE and PA policy in the United States. PE and Public Health Some public policy initiatives that impact PE have generated a great deal of confusion in the field. So much confusion, position

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In Kinesiology Review Volume 13 (2024): Issue 2 (May 2024): Special Issue: The Janus 2.0 Conference: Revisiting the Future of Physical Education in Contemporary Education

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Associations of Vigorous Gardening With Cardiometabolic Risk Markers for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Jonathan Kingsley, Nyssa Hadgraft, Neville Owen, Takemi Sugiyama, David W. Dunstan, and Manoj Chandrabose

There is a growing case for the potential of gardening as a public health initiative ( Audate et al., 2019 ; Zick et al., 2013 ). Gardening may be defined as any activity to produce and/or maintain vegetation (in the form of food, flowers, herbs, feed, and fiber) in a domestic or community setting

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In Journal of Aging and Physical Activity Volume 30 (2022): Issue 3 (Jun 2022)

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The First Global Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Guidelines for People Living With Disability

Catherine Carty, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Stuart J.H. Biddle, Fiona Bull, Juana Willumsen, Lindsay Lee, Kaloyan Kamenov, and Karen Milton

that can prevent “full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.” (p4) 2 – 4 Disability can be represented on a continuum, relevant to all, underlining the need for societies to mainstream disability in all sectors. 1 , 5 Disability is a global public health and human

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 18 (2021): Issue 1 (Jan 2021)

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Surveillance of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Youth and Adults in the United States: History and Opportunities

John D. Omura, Geoffrey P. Whitfield, Tiffany J. Chen, Eric T. Hyde, Emily N. Ussery, Kathleen B. Watson, and Susan A. Carlson

Surveillance is a core function of public health and is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data, which can then be used for planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. 1 Once there is sufficient evidence that a behavior, such

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 18 (2021): Issue S1 (Aug 2021): Progress and New Directions in Physical Activity Surveillance

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The Built Environment and Population Physical Activity: Methods for Mapping the Relevant Laws

Tracy Nau, William Bellew, Billie Giles-Corti, Adrian Bauman, and Ben J. Smith

enable more active people. 5 Public health law research can provide contextual insights to inform the effective use of laws that may impact PA, directly or indirectly. 6 , 7 The growing body of PA policy research, which has largely excluded an investigation of law, has encompassed audits of the coverage

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 20 (2023): Issue 2 (Feb 2023)

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Erratum. Better Late Than Never?! Five Compelling Reasons for Putting Physical Activity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries High Up on the Public Health Research Agenda

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the following article: Siefken K. Better late than never?! Five compelling reasons for putting physical activity in low- and middle-income countries high up on the public health research agenda. J Phys Act Health . 2021;18:1469–1470. https://doi.org/10

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 21 (2024): Issue 1 (Jan 2024)

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A Framework for Physical Activity Policy Research

Thomas L. Schmid, Michael Pratt, and Lindsay Witmer

Background:

Although policy approaches are traditionally an important element of public health efforts to address major health problems, public health policy around physical activity remains poorly defined and developed.

Methods:

After extensive literature searches and reviews of policy frameworks developed for other public health issues such as tobacco control and injury prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a series of workshops and discussions on physical activity policy.

Results:

A simple model describing relationships among policy, the environment, behavior, and health was developed, a framework for organizing and conceptualizing policy interventions was described, and priorities for public health efforts to promote physical activity were proposed.

Conclusions:

An expanded focus on physical activity policy interventions is warranted, and such efforts can complement physical activity promotion efforts at other levels. The addition of researchers with expertise in the policy sciences will enhance the work of existing multidisciplinary teams.

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 3 (2006): Issue s1 (Jan 2006): The Second Active Living Research Conference

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The Legacy of Harold Willis Kohl III

Loretta DiPietro

Our hearts had another huge hole blown right through them. It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to another pillar of our Physical Activity in Public Health (PAPH) community, Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III. I first met Bill Kohl in 1986 at the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) meeting in

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 21 (2024): Issue 3 (Mar 2024)

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Physical Activity Promotion as a Means to Foster Human and Planetary Health: The Need to Avoid Potential Conflicts of Interests With Unhealthy Commodity Industries

Alejandra Jáuregui

corporate interests, oftentimes in detriment of public health. Physical activity and sports are universally acknowledged for providing an opportunity to promote and encourage healthy behaviors; yet a range of unhealthy products have been promoted through sport and physical activity sponsorship. To date

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In Journal of Physical Activity and Health Volume 19 (2022): Issue 6 (Jun 2022)