What factors affect use and access to community recreation facilities and outdoor spaces among families?
Our Strathcona County: Recreation, Parks and Culture department partners wondered just that!
Together we studied the facilitators and barriers that families with children aged 3-5 years experience when using recreation facilities in their community.
We used Photovoice methods to better understand families’ experiences. Photovoice is a research method that asks participants to take pictures of their environment to describe their experience.
Information from this project helped to inform municipal planning to better support the families in the community.
- Dr. Candace Nykiforuk, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Nominated Principal Investigator)
- Dr. Ana Paula Belon, PLACE Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Co-Principal Investigator and Study Lead)
- Dr. Helen Vallianatos, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta (Co-investigator)
- Strathcona County, Recreation, Parks and Culture (Collaborator)
- Jennifer Ann McGetrick, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Student)
- Lisa Jensen, PLACE Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Student)
- Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Project Team. (2017). Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Infographic. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
- Family Access to municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Project Team. (2018). Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Community Banner. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
- Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Project Team. (2017). Family Access to Municipal Infrastructure for Leisure: Young Children (FAMILY) Executive Summary. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
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