Add to ORKGCamp experiences enrich children’s lives. Camp is a significant context for youth development. Many people who have gone to camp or served as camp staff know these statements are true. Although many positive anecdotes exist, efforts to systematically document the outcomes and benefits of camp are needed. Behavior changes regarding many of the intangible benefits of camp experience are complex and not always easy to measure. Nevertheless, researchers are showing the growing relationships between camp experiences and positive youth development
Residential summer camps are often thought of as settings for school-aged children to have fun in t...
Background: Previous research has sought to uncover various behavior factors that contribute to chil...
Summer day camps (SDCs) serve 14 million children yearly in the U.S. and aim to provide participatin...
Background:Youth summer camp programs have the potential to provide opportunities for physical activ...
Background Millions of children attend residential summer camps each year. However, few studies have...
Physical activity engagement during childhood helps create lifelong patterns of health and fitness. ...
Childhood obesity has become increasingly more apparent in today’s society, as well as social disord...
Physical inactivity is a growing problem among children, particularly schoolaged youth. Research sug...
Millions of children attend residential summer camps each year. However, few studies have examined t...
Childhood physical inactivity and obesity is a major concern because the current generation of child...
Summer 4-H camps present an untapped opportunity for advancement of mission mandates. The project re...
Background: Summer day camps (SDC) represent one of the largest settings, outside the academic schoo...
In 2005 the American Camp Association (ACA) published the first large scale national research projec...
The purpose of this article is to present findings related to parent- and youth-reported outcomes fr...
Overnight summer camps have previously been overlooked as settings for healthy eating and physical a...
Residential summer camps are often thought of as settings for school-aged children to have fun in t...
Background: Previous research has sought to uncover various behavior factors that contribute to chil...
Summer day camps (SDCs) serve 14 million children yearly in the U.S. and aim to provide participatin...
Background:Youth summer camp programs have the potential to provide opportunities for physical activ...
Background Millions of children attend residential summer camps each year. However, few studies have...
Physical activity engagement during childhood helps create lifelong patterns of health and fitness. ...
Childhood obesity has become increasingly more apparent in today’s society, as well as social disord...
Physical inactivity is a growing problem among children, particularly schoolaged youth. Research sug...
Millions of children attend residential summer camps each year. However, few studies have examined t...
Childhood physical inactivity and obesity is a major concern because the current generation of child...
Summer 4-H camps present an untapped opportunity for advancement of mission mandates. The project re...
Background: Summer day camps (SDC) represent one of the largest settings, outside the academic schoo...
In 2005 the American Camp Association (ACA) published the first large scale national research projec...
The purpose of this article is to present findings related to parent- and youth-reported outcomes fr...
Overnight summer camps have previously been overlooked as settings for healthy eating and physical a...
Residential summer camps are often thought of as settings for school-aged children to have fun in t...
Background: Previous research has sought to uncover various behavior factors that contribute to chil...
Summer day camps (SDCs) serve 14 million children yearly in the U.S. and aim to provide participatin...