Shade Sails and Passive Recreation in Public Parks of Melbourne and Denver: A Randomized Intervention.
Shade Sails and Passive Recreation in Public Parks of Melbourne and Denver: A Randomized Intervention.
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DOI:
10.2105/ajph.2017.304071
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发表时间:
2017-12
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12.7
通讯作者:
Dobbinson S
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作者:
Buller DB;English DR;Buller MK;Simmons J;Chamberlain JA;Wakefield M;Dobbinson S
To test whether shade sails will increase the use of passive recreation areas (PRAs). A stratified randomized pretest-posttest controlled design was conducted in Melbourne, Australia and Denver, USA in 2010–2014. A sample of 145 public parks with two PRAs in full sun were randomized in a 1:3 ratio to treatment or control. Shade sails were built at one PRA per treatment park. The outcome was any use of study PRA (n=576 pretest and n=576 posttest observations; 100% follow-up). Compared to control PRAs (adjusted probability of use: pretest=0·14, posttest=0·17), use of treatment PRAs (pretest=0·10, posttest=0·32) was higher at posttest, odds ratio (OR)=3·91, 95% CI=1·72, 8·93. Shade increased use of PRAs in Denver (control: pretest=0·19, posttest=0·20; treatment: pretest=0·16, posttest=0·47) more than Melbourne (control: pretest=0·11, posttest=0·14; shaded: pretest=0·06, posttest=0·19), OR=2·92, 95% CI=1·07, 7·98. Public investment in shade is warranted for skin cancer prevention and may be especially useful in the United States.