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Journal articles on the topic "Playground and Recreation Association of America"
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Barreno, Mishell, Ivan Sisa, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Hua Shen, Mónica Villar, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, et al. "Association between built environment and physical activity in Latin American countries: a multicentre cross-sectional study." BMJ Open 11, no. 11 (November 2021): e046271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046271.
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ObjectiveTo assess the association between the physical activity level and the built environment by accessibility, microinfrastructure and security in Latin America (LA).DesignWe conducted a multicentre cross-sectional study to collect physical activity and built environment data. The levels of physical activity were calculated through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire survey. Using the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated, characteristics of the built environment were measured through three domains: accessibility, microinfrastructure and security. To estimate the association of the built environment and physical activity, we used mixed effects logistic regression analysis. In addition, likelihood ratio test to account for clustered effect within countries and/or cities was used.SettingEight countries in LA.ParticipantsAdults aged 15–65 years (n=9218) living in urban areas and consented to participate of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health.ResultsMost of the population in LA had access to a grocery store (97.2%), public transport stop (91.5%) and children’s playground (81.6%). Metropolitan parks were more accessible in Ecuador (59.8%) and Colombia (59.2%) than in Venezuela (33.5%). Individuals located within 20 min of walking from sport facilities or children’s playground areas were more likely to perform moderate-to-high physical activity OR 1.20 (95% CI 1.06 to 1.36) and OR 1.25 (95% CI 1.02 to 1.53), respectively. Only 14.5% of the population from the region considered that their neighbourhood had an adequate design for walking or cycling. Likewise, among adults living in LA, only 39.75% had the perception of living in a safe neighbourhood.ConclusionsThis multicentre study shows that currently, LA built environment does not promote physical activity in the region. Our findings provide the rationale to push forward, at regional and national levels, policies and interventions that will help to achieve a safe, healthy and friendly built environment to encourage participation in active recreation and sports in leisure time.Trial registration numberNCT02226627.
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Alamillo, Joséé M. "Playing Across Borders: Transnational Sports and Identities in Southern California and Mexico, 1930––1945." Pacific Historical Review 79, no. 3 (August 1, 2010): 360–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/phr.2010.79.3.360.
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This article examines the local and transnational dimensions of sports in Southern California through the activities of the Mexican Athletic Association of Southern California (MAASC) from the Great Depression to the end of World War II. This amateur athletic organization promoted sports in the barrios and colonias throughout Southern California and forged transnational ties with the Mexican government and its sports federation. MAASC and its related activities reflected two competing historical trajectories that have been subjects of debate in Chicano historiography. MAASC sports simultaneously reinvigorated transnational ties with Mexico that emphasized a Mééxico de afuera identity and contributed to the making of a Mexican American identity that connected immigrants to Southern California and American society in general. Ultimately, both impulses helped to instill a new political confidence among MAASC members to challenge the Los Angeles Department of Playground and Recreation's paternalistic approach toward the Mexican community.
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Gagen, Elizabeth A. "An Example to Us All: Child Development and Identity Construction in Early 20th-Century Playgrounds." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 32, no. 4 (April 2000): 599–616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a3237.
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At the turn of the 20th century, children's play came under new and heightened scrutiny by urban reformers. As conditions in US cities threatened traditional notions of order, reformers sought new ways to direct urban-social development. In this paper I explore playground reform as an institutional response that aimed to produce and promote ideal gender identities in children. Supervised summer playgrounds were established across the United States as a means of drawing children off the street and into a corrective environment. Drawing from literature published by the Playground Association of America and a case study of playground management in Cambridge, MA, I explore playground training as a means of constructing gender identities in and through public space. Playground reformers asserted, drawing from child development theory, that the child's body was a conduit through which ‘inner’ identity surfaced. The child's body became a site through which gender identities could be both monitored and produced, compelling reformers to locate playgrounds in public, visible settings. Reformers' conviction that exposing girls to public vision threatened their development motivated a series of spatial restrictions. Whereas boys were unambiguously displayed to public audiences, girls' playgrounds were organised to accommodate this fear. Playground reformers' shrewd spatial tactics exemplify the ways in which institutional authorities conceive of and deploy space toward the construction of identity.
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McCabe, Ellen M., and Shiela M. Strauss. "The Association between Neighborhood Factors and Bullying among Adolescents with Asthma." Journal of the American Nurses Association - New York 2, no. 2 (August 23, 2022): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.47988/janany.6410282831.2.2.
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Introduction: Neighborhood factors may be associated with bully victimization, a serious health concern for adolescents with asthma. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine associations between neighborhood factors and past year bullying in adolescents with asthma as reported by adult household respondents. Methods: Using data from the adolescent 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health, we included in our analyses responses from adults of adolescents with asthma who replied to whether or not the adolescent was bullied over the past year and to the neighborhood factors of interest. These adults included 473 adult respondents of adolescent females with asthma and 551 adult respondents of adolescent males with asthma. Neighborhood variables included whether the adolescent’s neighborhood had sidewalks or walking paths, a park or playground, a recreation center or a boys’ or girls’ club, and vandalism exposure. The complex samples module in IBM SPSS 27 with equal probability sampling without replacement was used to conduct the analyses. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were also used. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in the proportion of adolescent females with asthma ever bullied compared to the proportion never bullied who had access to a park or playground (70.0% vs. 83.7%, respectively; p=.038) and were exposed to neighborhood vandalism (2.8% vs. 10.8%, respectively; p=.028). A significantly smaller proportion of adolescent males with asthma ever bullied than the proportion never bullied were exposed to neighborhood vandalism (4.9% vs. 14%, respectively; p=.032). Conclusion: It is important to examine the influence of neighborhood factors further to better understand their association with bully victimization in adolescents with asthma.
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Stier, William F., Robert C. Schneider, Stephen Kampf, Gregory Wilding, and Scott Haines. "Current Hiring Practices of Campus Recreation Directors of NIRSA Institutions." Recreational Sports Journal 30, no. 2 (November 2006): 100–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.30.2.100.
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A survey of all National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) campus recreation directors was conducted to determine the hiring practices, policies, and procedures relating to professional employees, graduate assistants, and student employees in campus recreation programs throughout North America. The survey instrument, in its final form, addressed hiring practices, policies, and procedures of campus recreation directors through 28 questions relating to the following areas: (a) search and screen committees, (b) job descriptions, (c) advertisement and announcement of vacancies, (d) applications, (e) references, (f) interviews, and (g) impact/involvement of national professional organizations in the hiring process. Selected data is presented in terms of (a) entry level position (coordinator) or for mid-level positions, (b) size of institutions (small, medium, and large), (c) rural, urban, and suburban locations, and (d) public and private institutions.
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Grieshaber, MS, CRC, LRT/CTRS, CBIS, Amanda F., Danny E. Johnson, PhD, LRT/CTRS, and Brandi Crowe, PhD, LRT/CTRS. "Returning to golf after a cerebrovascular accident in collaboration with a PGA golf pro and a recreation therapist." American Journal of Recreation Therapy 16, no. 3 (November 17, 2017): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.2017.0139.
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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to determine the extent to which collaboration between a Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) golf pro and a licensed recreation therapist influenced an experienced golfer's return to participation in the sport postcerebrovascular accident. Qualitative data were obtained through semistructured interviews and observations. Four themes emerged from the data: (a) activity as motivation, (b) the PGA golf pro's understanding of disability, (c) caregiver support of the participant, and (d) changes in social interaction poststroke. The results from this study could have important implications for PGA golf pros and recreation therapists who work with individuals who have a desire to return to golf after a cerebrovascular accident or other disabiling conditions.
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Schneider, Robert C., William F. Stier, Steve Kampf, Scott Haines, and Brady Gaskins. "Factors Affecting Risk Management of Indoor Campus Recreation Facilities." Recreational Sports Journal 32, no. 2 (October 2008): 114–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.32.2.114.
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Factors affecting risk management of indoor campus recreation facilities were studied. Campus recreation directors of 4-year colleges/universities in North America who held memberships in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) responded to a paper survey consisting of 32 dichotomous yes/no and close-ended multiple-choice questions. Questions addressed staff certification requirements, use of waivers, number of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in the facility, communication and security devices, health screening of participants, and in-person supervision of the facility. Results showed that facilities are open to participants extensively throughout the 7-day week, thus requiring directors to ensure their risk management procedures are up to date—most notably staff members' CPR and first aid certification, as well as AED training.
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Stier, William F., Robert C. Schneider, Steve Kampf, Scott Haines, and Brady Gaskins. "Selected Risk Management Policies, Practices, and Procedures for Intramural Activities at NIRSA Institutions." Recreational Sports Journal 32, no. 1 (March 2008): 28–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.32.1.28.
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A survey of all National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) campus recreation directors was conducted to determine the risk management policies, practices, and procedures relating to intramural activities and recreational sports at colleges and universities throughout North America. The survey instrument, in its final form, addressed practices, policies, and procedures of campus recreation directors through 44 questions relating to the following areas: (a) documentation, (b) medical factors, (c) rules and regulations, (d) physical supervision, (e) sportsmanship rating systems, (f) restrictive policies, (g) safety devices, (h) officials-tests-qualifications, and (i) background experiences and training of the respondents. Selected data are presented in terms of (a) the size of institutions (small, medium, and large), (b) location of the institution (rural, urban, and suburban), and (c) whether public or privately supported.
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Halifax, Shawn. "McLeod Plantation Historic Site." Public Historian 40, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 252–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.3.252.
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In 2015 the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission opened McLeod Plantation Historic Site. What remains of the former 1,693-acre Sea Island cotton plantation is 37 acres, 14 historic structures, and an African American cemetery. Interpretation of the former plantation is focused on the African American struggle to achieve freedom, justice, and equality from 1851 through 1990. The cultural history interpretation coordinator and co-author of the National Association for Interpretation award winning exhibits at the site explores the development, implementation, and adjustments made to interpretation since the opening and comments on the current state of Black museums in America.
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Richeson, PhD, CTRS, FDRT, Nancy E., and Angie Sardina, MS, CTRS. "Recreational therapy competencies for working with older adults." American Journal of Recreation Therapy 15, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.2016.0104.
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This article explores the work of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association's (ATRA's) Geriatric Treatment Network (GTN). For the past 4 years, the GTN has worked to develop recreational therapy competencies for older adults based on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, which stated that the existing workforce was ill equipped to meet the needs of an aging America. Industry-wide competencies developed by the Association for Gerontology and Higher Education (AGHE) and the Partnership for Health in Aging (PHA) are highlighted as necessary knowledge needed for a trained workforce. To adequately meet the needs of older adults, the recreational therapist is encouraged to find resources and educational opportunities to implement industry-wide and recreational therapy competencies.
Books on the topic "Playground and Recreation Association of America"
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Building and Flying Model Aircraft; a Guide for Youthful Beginners in Aeronautics, Prepared for Playground and Recreation Associates of America. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021.
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Building and Flying Model Aircraft; a Guide for Youthful Beginners in Aeronautics, Prepared for Playground and Recreation Associates of America. Hassell Street Press, 2021.
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Heintzman, Paul. Recreation and Leisure. Edited by Joel D. S. Rasmussen, Judith Wolfe, and Johannes Zachhuber. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198718406.013.6.
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This chapter addresses attitudes towards recreation and leisure in nineteenth-century Christian thought using examples from the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, and Africa. Christianity influenced recreation through phenomena related to the animal welfare, temperance, Sabbatarian, Sunday school, Band of Hope, muscular Christianity, Young Men’s Christian Association, Christian resort, Church recreation, Saturday half-holiday, and open space movements. While Christian approaches to recreation were diverse, they may be categorized into four responses on a continuum from most negative to most positive: opposition, alternative recreation, societal change initiatives, and accommodation. Although these categories may overlap and are not always mutually exclusive they do provide a helpful framework. In general, over the course of the century, approaches to recreation tended to move towards the more positive or accommodation end of the continuum.
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Maysonet, Melody, and Jeffrey L. Rodengen. NRA: An American Legend. Write Stuff Syndicate, 2002.
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Mantie, Roger. "Progressive Times." In Music, Leisure, Education, 77–105. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199381388.003.0004.
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Chapter 4 focuses on the recreation movement (also known as the playground movement or play movement), a social movement that arose in tandem with the settlement house movement. In addition to demonstrating the early associations between recreation movement leaders and early public school music leaders, the chapter illustrates the growing cleavage between the moral paternalism of social reformers such as Joseph Lee, and the “scientific” paternalism of professionals that emerged in the wake of G. Stanley Hall and the child-study movement. Both the reformers and the professionals advocated for the importance of play leaders and play in education, but for different reasons—ones with gendered implications. For the professionals, play was instrumental, serving primarily to support physical development, particularly that of boys. Music was largely absent from their concept of play. By contrast, the reformers considered music and the arts part of play, but mostly for girls. The chapter demonstrates how the initial focus on the play of children that led to the formation of the Playground Association of America would eventually expand to include the recreational activities of adults and the renaming of the organization as the National Recreation Association.
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Colopy, Cheryl. "Melamchi River Blues." In Dirty, Sacred Rivers. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199845019.003.0014.
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While I lived in Kathmandu, I regularly visited the American Mission Association. Members call it Phora, while some Nepalis call it “mini America.” It’s a club, and expatriates with the right kind of visa can apply to become members. It has a pool and tennis courts, a small gym, a field for baseball and soccer, a children’s playground, movie rentals, manicures and massages, a commissary and wifi café, and very polite Nepali staff. It has a certain colonial feel to it, which bothered me at times: yet it was also a haven where on a weekday afternoon I could exercise, read the papers, and eat lunch. Phora refers to phohara durbar, which in Nepali means “fountain palace.” The extensive, welltended grounds where dozens of expats and their children gather for hours on weekends was once the site of a Rana palace, a place for parties and dances, performances and cinema. It got its name because there were fountains throughout the gardens as well as inside the building. The ornate, neoclassical palace is long gone. In serious disrepair by 1960, the palace was demolished and the land sold to the American government. But phohara durbar has other claims to fame. It was also the site of the first piped water in the Kathmandu Valley. To explain how this came about, I’ll tell you a little more about the valley’s history and culture. The Lichchhavis and Mallas kept the city from growing beyond certain limits. They prohibited building outside a ring of shrines to various mother goddesses, like Kali. They knew that disturbing the land beyond that ring would be “killing your own food, your economic base,” says Sudarshan Tiwari, the architect and cultural historian who has reconstructed aspects of ancient life in the valley. There is still some agriculture in the Kathmandu Valley, because a few of the old landowners stubbornly hold on to their fields even as a sea of “wedding cake,” multistory, pastel houses engulfs them. But daily the green plots of rice and vegetables shrink as the valley succumbs, like the ancient water channels, to unplanned urban development.