ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2018
Violent Crime and Park Use in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods.
Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Temperature, Crime, and Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Green Space on Violent Crime in Urban Environments: An Evidence Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Associations of park visits, physical activity and health outcomes among churchgoing Latino adults in low-income urban communities.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Trial
- The Park RX RCT: Impact on Physical Activity Among Youth.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Trial
- The Effects of Neighborhood Violence on Physical Activity Following the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order: A Multilevel Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Exposure to Crime at Food Stores: Implications for Nutrition and Health among Black Americans.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Associations of Urban Blue and Green Spaces With Coronary Artery Calcification in Black Individuals and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.Circulation · 2024Article
- Association Between Park Use and Moderate-to-Vigorous Activity During COVID-19 Years among a Cohort of Low-Income Youth.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
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- Identifying multilevel predictors of behavioral outcomes like park use: A comparison of conditional and marginal modeling approaches.PloS one · 2024Article
- The role of physical activity in the relationship between exposure to community violence and mental health: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- Association Between Lack of Access to a Neighborhood Park and High Blood Pressure in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.Preventing chronic disease · 2023Article
- Police Bias and Low Relatability and Diet Quality: Examining the Importance of Psychosocial Factors in Predominantly Black Communities.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Aiming to Improve Equity in Pulmonary Health: Cystic Fibrosis.Clinics in chest medicine · 2023Review
- Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status.Science advances · 2023Article
- Playground Design and Physical Activity.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- If You Build It Will They Come? Park Upgrades, Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Urban Cape Town, South Africa-The SUN Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Contesting views on mobility restrictions in urban green spaces amid COVID-19-Insights from Twitter in Latin America and Spain.Cities (London, England) · 2023Article
- County-level associations between food retailer availability and violent crime rate.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionCrime and safety are often cited as potential hurdles to park use and park-based physical activity. Using comprehensive data sources including both objective and subjective measurements at the park level and the individual level, this study aimed to assess the association between crime rates and use of local parks in low-income urban neighborhoods.
methodsThe authors observed 48 parks and conducted local resident surveys in low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles during a 2-year study period (2013-2015). Crime data were geocoded within a 1-mile radius of parks' addresses and longitudinal models were fitted to estimate the association between crime rates and park use outcomes in 2017.
resultsOne gun-related violent crime per 10,000 people during the 6-month period prior to data collection was associated with an average of 13.5%-15.8% reduction in observed park use and park-based moderate to vigorous physical activity (p<0.05) in the 6-month observation period. The relationship was significant in seniors (33%-40% reduction) and adults (13%-18%), but insignificant for teenagers (2%-4%) and children (10%-12%). Homicide rates were also significantly related to lower self-reported park use (p<0.05).
conclusionsGun-related violent crimes have relatively long-term negative associations with population health by reducing utilization of outdoor park space. There can be additional population health benefits from controlling and reducing gun-related violent crimes beyond immediate impacts on public safety and mortality.
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