Melody Alcazar
Biographic Data
| ID | 7752769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melody Alcazar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melody |
| FAMILY NAME | Alcazar |
| SIGNATURE | ALCAZAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
School Parks as a Community Health Resource
Parks are settings for physical activity that can support the physical and mental health of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We determined the impact of the pandemic on the use of joint-use parks outside of school hours by children in Austin, TX, United States. In autumn of 2019 and autumn of 2020 (i.e., before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), we used an adapted version of the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities to obs…
Effects of trees, gardens, and nature trails on heat index and child health
Background Latinx children in the United States are at high risk for nature-deficit disorder, heat-related illness, and physical inactivity. We developed the Green Schoolyards Project to investigate how green features—trees, gardens, and nature trails—in school parks impact heat index (i.e., air temperature and relative humidity) within parks, and physical activity levels and socioemotional well-being of these children. Herein, we present novel m…
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School Parks as a Community Health Resource
Parks are settings for physical activity that can support the physical and mental health of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We determined the impact of the pandemic on the use of joint-use parks outside of school hours by children in Austin, TX, United States. In autumn of 2019 and autumn of 2020 (i.e., before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), we used an adapted version of the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities to obs…
Effects of trees, gardens, and nature trails on heat index and child health
Background Latinx children in the United States are at high risk for nature-deficit disorder, heat-related illness, and physical inactivity. We developed the Green Schoolyards Project to investigate how green features—trees, gardens, and nature trails—in school parks impact heat index (i.e., air temperature and relative humidity) within parks, and physical activity levels and socioemotional well-being of these children. Herein, we present novel m…
Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Recreation (2 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (2 works) · Baseline (sea (1 works) · Biostatistics (1 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (1 works) · Demography (1 works)