Title |
A natural experiment to examine the impact of park renewal on park-use and park-based physical activity in a disadvantaged neighbourhood: the REVAMP study methods
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-600 |
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Authors |
Jenny Veitch, Jo Salmon, Alison Carver, Anna Timperio, David Crawford, Elly Fletcher, Billie Giles-Corti |
Abstract |
Modifying the built environment by improving parks is potentially a sustainable way to increase population level physical activity. Despite considerable investment in parks and park renovations, few natural experiments on the impact of improving amenities on park use and park-based physical activity have been conducted. REVAMP is a natural experiment that aims to examine whether park improvement increases overall park usage, park-based physical activity and active travel to and from the park in the intervention compared with the control park over a two-year period; and to identify which specific aspects of the park refurbishment attracts park visitors and encourages park users to be more active. This paper describes the methods of the REVAMP study. |
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