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Viability of Parks and Recreation Centers as Sites for Youth Physical Activity Promotion

Jamie S. Moody, MS

Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) at San Diego State University, in San Diego, California.

Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH

Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, in San Francisco.

James F. Sallis, PhD

San Diego State University in San Diego, California.

Thomas L. McKenzie, PhD

San Diego State University in San Diego, California.

Marianne Brown, MPH

San Diego, California.

Terry L. Conway, PhD

Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University, in San Diego, California.

This descriptive study explored the potential for public parks and recreation centers as intervention sites for promoting physical activity among youth. Directors (55% women) of 44 recreation centers in San Diego County completed a survey of their centers’ physical activity programming for youths ages 3 to 17 years (response rate = 60%). On an average weekday, 373 (SD = 782) youths participated in physical activity at a center. More boys attended than girls (p < .05). Some centers sponsored after-school programs at elementary (41%) and middle (11%) schools but not at high schools (0%). Primary barriers to providing physical activity programs were inadequate staffing (54%), funding (39%), and facilities (32%). Girls and low-income youth were identified as the most difficult populations to reach. Directors reported considerable interest in collaborating on interventions to improve youth activity programs. Public parks and recreation centers are understudied settings with the potential for substantial involvement in efforts to promote youth physical activity.

Key Words: survey • community • intervention

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 438-443 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903258222
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