An environmental factor of particular importance to children’s physical activity levels appears to be the presence of parks and open space. Thus, in promoting children’s health, school grounds merit consideration as a potential setting for intervention. This paper explores how ‘green’ school grounds, which contain a greater diversity of landscaping and design features, affect the quantity and quality of physical activity among elementary school children. Teachers, parents and administrators associated with 59 schools across Canada completed questionnaires (n 5 105). Analysis reveals that through greening, school grounds diversify the play repertoire, creating opportunities for boys and girls of all ages, interests and abiliti...
Children from low-income families are increasingly growing up in urban areas with limited access to ...
In the interest of enhancing children's environments, many school grounds around the world are bein...
Around the world, children's outdoor environments, such as school grounds, early childhood education...
An environmental factor of particular importance to children’s physical activity levels appears to...
Greenery is assumed to promote physical activity at school grounds by facilitating open and flexible...
Physical activity (PA) is essential for human health and wellbeing across all age, socioeconomic and...
To increase physical activity levels in children, knowledge on how school playgrounds can be optimal...
Schools are an important setting for children\u27s physical activity. Evidence suggests that playgro...
Several studies have focused on how different school ground environments can stimulate physical acti...
The majority of Canadian children are not physically active enough for healthy development. School p...
Purpose School play spaces are acknowledged as a key setting for children’s physical activity, howev...
The present doctoral dissertation focused on the impact of outdoor environments on children's physic...
In their review of evidence-based research entitled A Review of Research on Outdoor Learning, Ricki...
School grounds are increasingly valued for the freedom of choice they give children for operating th...
Abstract Background Children in poor and minority neighborhoods often lack adequate environmental su...
Children from low-income families are increasingly growing up in urban areas with limited access to ...
In the interest of enhancing children's environments, many school grounds around the world are bein...
Around the world, children's outdoor environments, such as school grounds, early childhood education...
An environmental factor of particular importance to children’s physical activity levels appears to...
Greenery is assumed to promote physical activity at school grounds by facilitating open and flexible...
Physical activity (PA) is essential for human health and wellbeing across all age, socioeconomic and...
To increase physical activity levels in children, knowledge on how school playgrounds can be optimal...
Schools are an important setting for children\u27s physical activity. Evidence suggests that playgro...
Several studies have focused on how different school ground environments can stimulate physical acti...
The majority of Canadian children are not physically active enough for healthy development. School p...
Purpose School play spaces are acknowledged as a key setting for children’s physical activity, howev...
The present doctoral dissertation focused on the impact of outdoor environments on children's physic...
In their review of evidence-based research entitled A Review of Research on Outdoor Learning, Ricki...
School grounds are increasingly valued for the freedom of choice they give children for operating th...
Abstract Background Children in poor and minority neighborhoods often lack adequate environmental su...
Children from low-income families are increasingly growing up in urban areas with limited access to ...
In the interest of enhancing children's environments, many school grounds around the world are bein...
Around the world, children's outdoor environments, such as school grounds, early childhood education...