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The Effect of Sport Facilities and Trail Systems on the Use of Green Spaces for Physical Activity among Latino(a) Americans In 2005 and 2006, Drs. Shinew, Stodolska, Santos, Nedovic-Budic, and Zhu conducted a research study that employed an ecological model to examine the impact of sport facilities and trail systems on the utilization of urban parks, trails, and sport complexes for active recreation by Latino(a) Americans. This study was conducted in two community parks in Elgin (a suburban Chicago community), in the Stuart Sports Complex in Aurora (also a suburban Chicago community) and along Lincoln Park trails in the City of Chicago. In involved two steps: 1. First, a questionnaire survey was distributed to 917 Latinos intercepted in 2 parks in Elgin, in the Sports Complex in Aurora, and in the Lincoln Park in Chicago. The survey was used to obtain information on Latinos use of green spaces (e.g. frequency of visitation, frequency of participation in different sporting and recreational activities), general physical activity participation patterns, socio-demographic characteristics, and the distance the park or the sports complex was from the users’ home. Moreover, the survey was employed to select a sub-sample of park and sports complex users for the second stage of the study. The report from this part of the study is available at: 2. In the second stage of the study, 30 Latino(a) users of each of the parks and the sports complex who have indicated on their questionnaires that they visit these locations regularly and who were willing to participate in the second stage of the project were asked to wear an accelerometer device and complete an activity diary.
One of the survey workers - Juan Carlos (JC) explaining the use of the accelerometer device to female Latino spectators at the Aurora Sports Complex
Soccer game at the Sports Complex in Aurora
One of the survey workers - Christian surveying soccer players at the Aurora Sports Complex Ultimately, the goal of this study was to determine what types of amenities should be located within green spaces in order to maximize their use for physical activity among the Latino population. This project was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Active Living Research program).
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