{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lanza K"],"funding":["Michael and Susan Dell Foundation","City of Austin Parks &amp; Recreation Department","Robert Wood Johnson Foundation"],"pagination":["98"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7792068"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["21(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Latinx children in the United States are at high risk for nature-deficit disorder, heat-related illness, and physical inactivity. We developed the Green Schoolyards Project to investigate how green features-trees, gardens, and nature trails-in school parks impact heat index (i.e., air temperature and relative humidity) within parks, and physical activity levels and socioemotional well-being of these children. Herein, we present novel methods for a) observing children's interaction with green features and b) measuring heat index and children's behaviors in a natural setting, and a selection of baseline results.<h4>Methods</h4>During two September weeks (high temperature) and one November week (moderate temperature) in 2019, we examined three joint-use elementary school pa"],"journal":["BMC public health"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of trees, gardens, and nature trails on heat index and child health: design and methods of the Green Schoolyards Project."],"pmcid":["PMC7792068"],"funding_grant_id":["76576"],"pubmed_authors":["Hoelscher DM","Alcazar M","Lanza K","Kohl HW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of trees, gardens, and nature trails on heat index and child health: design and methods of the Green Schoolyards Project.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Latinx children in the United States are at high risk for nature-deficit disorder, heat-related illness, and physical inactivity. We developed the Green Schoolyards Project to investigate how green features-trees, gardens, and nature trails-in school parks impact heat index (i.e., air temperature and relative humidity) within parks, and physical activity levels and socioemotional well-being of these children. Herein, we present novel methods for a) observing children's interaction with green features and b) measuring heat index and children's behaviors in a natural setting, and a selection of baseline results.<h4>Methods</h4>During two September weeks (high temperature) and one November week (moderate temperature) in 2019, we examined three joint-use elementary school pa","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jan","modification":"2026-07-16T03:33:07.452Z","creation":"2021-02-20T20:48:46Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7792068","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33413276"],"doi":["10.1186/s12889-020-10128-2"]}}