Places for Healthy Play: A Multi-Pronged Evaluation of Context, Design, and Perceptions for Play Space Improvements.

ABSTRACT: Community design interventions have prioritized the creation of quality play space, especially in easy to access public places, to improve health outcomes and to reduce health inequities. Evaluations of health-relevant play interventions often fail to assess essential context, design, and perceptions. The Play Everywhere Philadelphia Challenge, led by KABOOM!, funded 16 play spaces to support child health and development and literacy skills for low-income neighborhoods across Philadelphia. In June-October 2022, our interdisciplinary team conducted a process evaluation of completed play space installations (k=9) to identify site aspects that facilitated greater use. We mapped neighborhood context (e.g., child amenities, sociodemographics, pedestrian and bike accessibility), and conducted di

SUBMITTER: Michael YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10699857 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature