J Veitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 413169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Veitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Veitch |
| SIGNATURE | VEITCH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8962-0887 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 69 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 69 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1877 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The social nature of parks
Parks can support physical activity and socializing. While children and adolescents’ use of these settings is largely socially driven, little is known about relationships between social factors and park visitation and physical activity. This study examined associations between social interactions in parks and park use behaviour among children and adolescents, respectively. Children (8–12 years, n = 213) and adolescents (13–18 years, n = 210) self…
Greening Primary Schools For Children’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing
Childhood is a critical period for mental health, and greening interventions that increase children’s contact with nature may enhance wellbeing. However, little is known about greening in primary school settings. Applying evidence mapping, this review summarises the effects of primary school greening interventions on children’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, their design preferences towards greening interventions, and greening implemen…
Preferred park features for maximising park visitation, physical activity and social interaction among adults
A sense of safety from strangers was most important for all park use behaviours • Good maintenance was the 2nd most preferred for park visitation and socialising • Walking paths and toilets were 2nd and 3rd most important for physical activity • A peaceful, relaxed setting was the 3rd most important feature for park visitation • Barbecue/picnic areas were 3rd most important for social interaction in parks
Associations between park visitation and physical, mental and social health among older adults
Population ageing is a growing public health concern. Parks can play a central role in promoting healthy ageing by offering accessible spaces for physical activity, social interaction, and mental restoration. However, little is known about how older adults use parks across seasons, what activities they engage in, and who they visit with and how this differs according to season and health status. Associations between older adults’ park visitation …
‘Just normal’, ‘calming’ and ‘well looked after’
The active mobility experiences of adolescents intersect with those of younger children and older youth in many ways. However, existing research informing health promotion is limited in its exploration of the distinct features that differentiate adolescent active mobilities and the differences within adolescence. Drawing on interviews and audio-recorded walking tours with 12 adolescents aged between 12 and 15 from urban areas of Australia, this p…
Urban environment perceptions and mental well-being in Belgian older adults
In 2021, ~14% of older adults experienced mental health disorders within the past year. Socio-ecological models highlight the importance of neighborhood characteristics in shaping mental health, particularly for older adults who are often more dependent on their surrounding environment due to diminished physical abilities. Health inequities at the neighborhood level are well-documented, with living in low-income neighborhoods often associated wit…
Examining park features that encourage physical activity and social interaction among adults
Urban parks are a critical setting that can support good health by providing opportunities for physical activity and social interaction. Therefore, it is necessary to better understand which park features are most important for encouraging active park use and social interaction. This study examined the perceived importance of park features for encouraging park visitation, park-based physical activity, and social interaction among adults in Austra…
Socioeconomic inequalities in physical function decline
There was little evidence of inequalities in the magnitude of decline in physical function across socioeconomic groups between the two time points. Future research should consider more objective performance-based measures to better understand the complexity of physical function among the ageing population
Strategies to shift adolescents out of cars
To encourage uptake of active travel and discourage car dependency for short distance trips among adolescents, a multisectoral approach intervening at multiple levels is important to support behavior change towards more active and sustainable transportation. Findings from this study can support the development of youth-centered interventions to promote physical activity and sustainable transport
I’m very happy with where she’s at’
‘I’m very happy with where she’s at’: a critical analysis of Australian mothers’ constructions of urban children’s local active mobility practices
Designing outdoor fitness areas for older adults
This study aimed to examine the relative importance of micro-level design features of outdoor fitness areas preferred by older adults and whether preferences varied according to gender, park accompaniment, and mobility status. A series of Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint (ACBC) tasks were completed by older adults (n = 372, 65-93 years, 57% female) in an online survey. Ten different micro-level design features of outdoor fitness areas were examined…
Effects of park renovation on park use
It’s a good start to the day
Influence of park visitation on physical activity, well-being and social connectedness among Australians during Covid-19
This cross-sectional study examined associations of park visitation with physical activity (PA), well-being, and social connectedness among 1089 participants during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In August 2020, adolescents and adults in Australia self-reported demographics, usual park visitation, frequency and duration of park visits, PA, well-being and social connectedness. Multilevel linear regression models examined associations of pa…
Understanding factors influencing the use of specialized outdoor fitness equipment among older adults in Australia
This study assessed the use of newly installed outdoor fitness equipment (OFE) designed for older adults in two urban parks in Melbourne, Australia, and explored barriers and facilitators to its use among older adults. Direct observations were conducted using System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) to assess OFE usage by older adults (≥60 years) at two time points: T1 (November 2021) and T2 (October 2022). Additionally, 1…
Exploring emotions in relation to neighborhood environmental characteristics among older adults with low socioeconomic position
Impact of Reach Centralities on Urban Accessibility and Connectivity
Despite extensive research on spatial accessibility and connectivity, the specific role of reach centralities in differentiating areas with varying connectivity levels remains under-explored. In this context, this study examines the influence of reach centralities on the accessibility and connectivity of urban areas. It focuses on the Old Rusafa area in Baghdad, Iraq. Its aim is to determine if there is a correlation between reach centralities an…
The impact of renewal of an urban park in Belgium on park use, park-based physical activity, and social interaction
What entices older adults to parks? Identification of park features that encourage park visitation, physical activity, and social interaction
What do adults want in parks? A qualitative study using walk-along interviews
This study highlights features and characteristics that may be important to prioritise, to encourage active and social park visits among adults. This evidence will help policy and decision makers, urban planners, landscape architects, and local, state, and national government organisations to create parks that support adults to lead healthy and active lives. Future research should examine the relative importance of the features identified in this…
From motorised to active travel
The sizable proportion of replaceable trips and potential physical activity gains from this shift calls for attention to improve safe and connected infrastructure to support active travel
Everything kind of revolves around technology”
Families are experiencing challenges in managing the complex balance between the increased need for screens and the impact it has on the family. These findings provide valuable parent and child insights to assist in developing screen time management programs that are created with an understanding of the needs and challenges of families
Outdoor public recreation spaces and social connectedness among adolescents
Background Outdoor public recreation spaces are important settings for leisure and physical activity. Adolescents’ use of these spaces may contribute to social connectedness via social interaction with peers and the community in these settings. However, research on this topic is limited. This exploratory study examined associations of frequency of visitation and physical activity in outdoor public recreation spaces with social connectedness among…
Neighbourhood food typologies, fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing among adolescents in Melbourne, Australia
Objective: Despite the increased attention on neighbourhood food environments and dietary behaviours, studies focusing on adolescents are limited. This study aims to characterise typologies of food environments surrounding adolescents and their associations with fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing to/from school. Design: The number of food outlets (supermarket; green grocers; butcher/seafood/deli; bakeries; convenience stores; f…
The Method, Meditations And Philosophy Of Descartes
Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents’ perceptions of influences on children's active free-play
Children's Perceptions of the Use of Public Open Spaces for Active Free-play
Activity performed by children in their free-time may have a significant impact on overall physical activity levels, however, very little is known about the influences on children's active free-play. To examine the role and use of public open spaces, 132 children (6–12 years) from a selection of primary schools participated in small focus group interviews. Children reported that their use of public open spaces was influenced by a combination of i…
What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Who Goes to Metropolitan Parks? A Latent Class Analysis Approach to Understanding Park Visitation
This study aimed to identify typologies of park visitors and to examine associations among these typologies and socio-demographic characteristics. In 2013, intercept interviews were completed with 794 adult park visitors at two large parks located in Melbourne, Australia. Latent class analysis identified three classes of visitor: physically active visitor, with dog (12.4%); physically active visitor, with no dog (35.7%); and infrequent, low activ…
Important park features for encouraging park visitation, physical activity and social interaction among adolescents
Park availability and physical activity, TV time, and overweight and obesity among women
Are associations between the perceived home and neighbourhood environment and children′s physical activity and sedentary behaviour moderated by urban/rural location
The association between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among community-dwelling older adults
Research investigating the association between park availability and older adults' physical activity levels using objective methods is scarce and mainly cross-sectional. This study examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among older adults. At baseline, 431 older adults provided valid data. Three years later, 147 participants took part in the follow-up. Parti…
Designing outdoor fitness areas for older adults
This study aimed to examine the relative importance of micro-level design features of outdoor fitness areas preferred by older adults and whether preferences varied according to gender, park accompaniment, and mobility status. A series of Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint (ACBC) tasks were completed by older adults (n = 372, 65-93 years, 57% female) in an online survey. Ten different micro-level design features of outdoor fitness areas were examined…
It’s a good start to the day
The impact of renewal of an urban park in Belgium on park use, park-based physical activity, and social interaction
Understanding the impact of the installation of outdoor fitness equipment and a multi-sports court on park visitation and park-based physical activity
Participatory school ground design
Participatory school ground design projects have acknowledged benefits for children’s sense of empowerment, ownership and learning, but the play behaviour outcomes of these school ground projects are less understood. The aim was to investigate the use of a renovated school ground in Colorado, USA that had engaged students in the redesign process. Behaviour mapping investigated the spatial distribution of children’s (n = 342) play behaviours, thro…
Residential vs school neighborhoods
Viii.—philosophy in the Scottish Universities. (I.)
Journal Article VIII.—PHILOSOPHY IN THE SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES. (I.) Get access JOHN VEITCH JOHN VEITCH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mind, Volume os-2, Issue 5, 1 January 1877, Pages 74–91, https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/os-2.5.74 Published: 01 January 1877
Merlin and the Merlinian Poems
Merlin and the Merlinian Poems
Dualism and Monism and other Essays
Questions of epistemology, Veitch explains, naturally precede questions of ontology - one must settle one's views about knowledge before advancing any claims about the nature of reality. Hence Volume one, under the general title of Knowing and Being contains Veitch's lectures on such topics as nature and consciousness, relations, transcendental deductions, and perception, as well as on more obviously metaphysical topics such as the nature of real…
The Meditations, and Selections from the Principles of Philosophy of Rene Descartes
Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents’ perceptions of influences on children's active free-play
Children's active free play in local neighborhoods
Many Australian children are more sedentary than they should be, and almost one in five are currently overweight or obese. Some children may face difficulties finding opportunities to be active, having poor access to safe public open spaces or having low independent mobility limiting their access to places to play. This study aimed to examine children's access to places in their neighborhood for active free play and how these vary by age, sex and…
Children's Perceptions of the Use of Public Open Spaces for Active Free-play
Activity performed by children in their free-time may have a significant impact on overall physical activity levels, however, very little is known about the influences on children's active free-play. To examine the role and use of public open spaces, 132 children (6–12 years) from a selection of primary schools participated in small focus group interviews. Children reported that their use of public open spaces was influenced by a combination of i…
Reduction in sugar-sweetened beverages is not associated with more water or diet drinks
Objective The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) is a school-based randomised controlled trial that was effective in decreasing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among adolescents. The present study examined, using mediation analysis, whether this decrease in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages could be explained by an increase in the consumption of water or diet drinks. Design Participants completed a questionnaire ab…
Park Improvements and Park Activity
Are associations between the perceived home and neighbourhood environment and children′s physical activity and sedentary behaviour moderated by urban/rural location
Neighborhood perceptions moderate the association between the family environment and children's objectively assessed physical activity
Exploring associations between parental and peer variables, personal variables and physical activity among adolescents
Interventions aiming to increase adolescents' MVPA should involve parents, as parental support may influence MVPA on weekdays by reducing adolescents' perceived internal barriers. Longitudinal and experimental research is needed to confirm these findings and to investigate other personal mediators
A natural experiment to examine the impact of park renewal on park-use and park-based physical activity in a disadvantaged neighbourhood
Current controlled trial ISRCTN50745547, registration date 11.1.2014
How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia
Current controlled trial ISRCTN50745547 , registration date 11.1.2014
The impact of interventions to promote physical activity in urban green space
Active Use of Parks in Flanders (Belgium)
Parks have the potential to increase physical activity at the community level by providing opportunities to be active. In order to inform interventions to promote physical activity in parks, insight is needed concerning park user characteristics, the activity level of park users, the types of activities performed and associations between park areas and temporal variables with observed physical activity levels. Park user characteristics (sex, age,…
Park availability and physical activity, TV time, and overweight and obesity among women
A Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Importance of Park Features for Promoting Regular Physical Activity in Parks
Natural and built environment features of parks are important for promoting adults' park-based PA, and should be considered in park (re)design
Perceived Health Benefits and Willingness to Pay for Parks by Park Users
Whilst a growing body of evidence demonstrates people derive a range of health and wellbeing benefits from visiting parks, only a limited number of attempts have been made to provide a complementary economic assessment of parks. The aim of this exploratory study was to directly estimate the perceived health and wellbeing benefits attained from parks and the economic value assigned to parks by park users in Victoria, Australia. The research employ…
Is the Association between Park Proximity and Recreational Physical Activity among Mid-Older Aged Adults Moderated by Park Quality and Neighborhood Conditions
Previous studies have reported mixed findings on the relationship between park proximity and recreational physical activity (PA), which could be explained by park quality and the surrounding neighborhood environment. We examined whether park quality and perceptions of the neighborhood physical and social environment moderated associations between park proximity and recreational PA among mid-older aged adults. Cross-sectional self-reported data on…
What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Physical Activity and Fundamental Motor Skill Performance of 5–10 Year Old Children in Three Different Playgrounds
Playgrounds provide opportunities for children to engage in physical activity and develop their fundamental motor skills. The aim of this descriptive pilot study was to examine whether playground design facilitated different levels of physical activity and fundamental motor skills. Children aged 5 to 10 ( n = 57) were recruited from three independent playgrounds located in Melbourne (Australia). Whilst playing, children wore accelerometers which …
Public open space characteristics influencing adolescents’ use and physical activity
Who Goes to Metropolitan Parks? A Latent Class Analysis Approach to Understanding Park Visitation
This study aimed to identify typologies of park visitors and to examine associations among these typologies and socio-demographic characteristics. In 2013, intercept interviews were completed with 794 adult park visitors at two large parks located in Melbourne, Australia. Latent class analysis identified three classes of visitor: physically active visitor, with dog (12.4%); physically active visitor, with no dog (35.7%); and infrequent, low activ…
Medicine (44 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (40 works) · Psychology (38 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (36 works) · Geography (30 works) · Environmental health (26 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Physical activity (20 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (14 works)