Mansell is with the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Dept, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA. Tierney is with the Dept of Kinesiology, and Krynetskiy and Mishra, the School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Driban is with the Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. Clegg is with the Dept of Athletics, George Washington University, Washingto...

The promotion of recreation and tourism has been both praised and criticized as a rural development strategy. This study uses regression analysis to assess the effect of recreation and tourism development on socioeconomic conditions in rural recreation counties. The findings imply that recreation and tourism development contributes to rural well-being, increasing local employment, wage levels, ...

Nicaise and Cogérino are with the Laboratory “Center of Research and Innovation on Sport” E.A. 647, UFRAPS—Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France; Julien Bois is with the “Laboratoire dʼAnalyse de la Performance Sportive” at the University of Pau, France. Anthony J. Amorose is with the School of Kinesiology and Recreation, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL. Students’ Perceptions of Te...

Simeon P. Cairns, Eva R. Chin, and Jean-Marc Renaud Institute of Sport and Recreation Research New Zealand, Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology, and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut...

1 United States of America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Send correspondence to: Andrea Neiman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4077 Buford Highway, Mailstop K-46, Atlanta, Georgia 30347, United Stat...

Latinos are the largest U.S. non-mainstreamed ethnic group, and social and environmental justice considerations dictate recreation professionals and researchers meet their recreation needs. This study reconceptualizes this diverse group’s recreation patterns, looking at where immigrant Latino individuals in Cache Valley, Utah do recreate rather than where they do not. Through qualitative interv...

BACKGROUND Wastewater-impacted waters that do not support swimming are often used for boating, canoeing, fishing, kayaking, and rowing. Little is known about the health risks of these limited-contact water recreation activities. OBJECTIVES We evaluated the incidence of illness, severity of illness, associations between water exposure and illness, and risk of illness attributable to limited-co...

PURPOSE This study examined factors related to two sources of physical activity for youth: active use of recreation sites and active transport to recreation sites. METHODS Parents of children (n = 87) and matched pairs of parents and adolescents (n = 124 pairs) in three US cities reported on youths' active use of, proximity to, and walking/biking to 12 recreation sites and on neighborhood wal...

BACKGROUND We conducted a comparative effectiveness analysis to evaluate the difference in the amount of physical activity children engaged in when enrolled in a physical activity-enhanced after-school program based in a community recreation center versus a standard school-based after-school program. METHODS The study was a natural experiment with 54 elementary school children attending the c...