Creating neighborhood recreational space for youth and children in the urban environment: Play(ing in the) Streets in San Francisco

Zieff, Susan G.; Chaudhuri, Anoshua; Musselman, Elaine

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.09.014

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“…The study also suggests that children’s age and sex must be considered to increase their outdoor activity time [ 30 , 31 ]. According to Play Streets, an interventional study aiming to improve environmental factors in the USA and multiple European countries, American children who actively participated in the study activities had three-fold increases in the amount of physical activity, and similar positive effects were reported in Belgium as well [ 32 , 33 ]. In light of these findings, improving neighborhood environmental factors is an important strategy to increase outdoor play in Chinese preschool children living in urban areas.…”

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The Associations between Outdoor Playtime, Screen-Viewing Time, and Environmental Factors in Chinese Young Children: The “Eat, Be Active and Sleep Well” Study

Wang

Maehashi

et al. 2020

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The purpose of this study is to identify regional differences in outdoor activity time and screen-viewing time of preschool children in urban and rural areas and to provide data on the environmental factors to identify modifiable determinants for each region. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1772 out of 2790 children between the age of 3 to 6 years living in northern China, with their consent. A cross-sectional study was conducted among preschool children living in urban (n = 1114) and rural areas (n = 658) in northern China. To assess environmental factors, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used for neighborhood environments, and the questionnaire included three items each for the physical home environment and socio-cultural environment domains. We observed the associations between outdoor play for urban children and sidewalks in the neighborhood, paths for cycles, aesthetic qualities, and “motor vehicles. In addition, in rural areas, screen-viewing time and environmental factors were found to be positively correlated with traffic, limited place and method of outdoor play, and were negatively correlated with the importance of academics and need for company in outdoor play. This has important implications for the development of effective intervention programs for preschool children in China in the future.

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The Associations between Outdoor Playtime, Screen-Viewing Time, and Environmental Factors in Chinese Young Children: The “Eat, Be Active and Sleep Well” Study

Wang

Maehashi

et al. 2020

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“…Another study found a three-fold increase in the proportion of children engaging in vigorous PA during Play Streets events in the US [33]. Both studies have shown promissory findings in regards to Play Streets in developed countries, but have focused specifically on interventions during the summer break, and over a short period of time such as a single event [33], or over one to two weekends [32].…”

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Reclaiming streets for outdoor play: A process and impact evaluation of “Juega en tu Barrio” (Play in your Neighborhood), an intervention to increase physical activity and opportunities for play

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BackgroundNew strategies are required to create supportive physical and social environments for children and promote active free-play. Juega en tu Barrio (JETB; Play in your Neighborhood) was designed and implemented to explore the effectiveness of closing a street in a low-to-middle income neighborhood in order to increase children’s outside play and physical activity.MethodsA pretest-posttest design with control group was employed to investigate the intervention effects in a subsample of 100 children, 51 from the intervention neighborhood and 49 from the control neighborhood. The children wore pedometers for one week, and their parents completed questionnaires at two time points: before the intervention began and during the last two weeks of the intervention. JETB was conducted in the intervention neighborhood from 17:30 to 20:30, twice a week, from September to December 2014. Stewards ensured that the children were safe. Children and adults were assessed using systematic observation.ResultsThe intervention and control neighborhoods included 177 and 116 children respectively. The average attendance per event was 60 children (SD = 22, reach 34%). In the intervention neighborhood, a significant increase between baseline and final assessment was observed in after-school outdoor playtime (p = 0.02), steps during the 3-hour intervention (p = 0.004), and daily steps Monday to Sunday (p = 0.006). Meanwhile, no changes were observed in the control neighborhood for the same variables. The proportion of children who met recommended daily step counts increased from 27.5% to 53.0% in the intervention neighborhood (p = 0.007), while for control neighborhood no difference was observed (49.0% to 53.0% p = 0.804).ConclusionsJETB showed high community engagement while offering opportunities for increased outdoor play in children. The intervention showed a significant effect on the number of children meeting the daily pedometer-derived physical activity recommendations.

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“…One benefit of this variation is that communities can adapt and host Play Streets in a way that is most beneficial to their community and residents. 12 , 61 These same variation and flexibility also make assessing intervention fidelity, transferability, and evaluation challenging. 62 Elements that work well in one Play Street may not work in a different location and/or community.…”

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Examining the Implementation of Play Streets: A Systematic Review of the Grey Literature

Bridges

Prochnow

Wilkins

et al. 2020

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Creating neighborhood recreational space for youth and children in the urban environment: Play(ing in the) Streets in San Francisco

Cited by 47 publications

References 24 publications

The Associations between Outdoor Playtime, Screen-Viewing Time, and Environmental Factors in Chinese Young Children: The “Eat, Be Active and Sleep Well” Study

The Associations between Outdoor Playtime, Screen-Viewing Time, and Environmental Factors in Chinese Young Children: The “Eat, Be Active and Sleep Well” Study

Reclaiming streets for outdoor play: A process and impact evaluation of “Juega en tu Barrio” (Play in your Neighborhood), an intervention to increase physical activity and opportunities for play

Examining the Implementation of Play Streets: A Systematic Review of the Grey Literature

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