Shade Sails and Passive Recreation in Public Parks of Melbourne and Denver

A Randomized Intervention

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ID11040086
AuthorsDavid B Buller (0000-0001-7902-9129, David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), Dallas R English (0000-0001-7828-8188, David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), Mary Klein Buller (0000-0003-1996-2018, David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), Jody Simmons (David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), James A Chamberlain (0000-0002-6636-4187, David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), Michael Wakefield (0000-0002-6183-5699, Cancer Council Victoria), Melanie Wakefield (David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.), Suzanne Dobbinson (0000-0001-7427-4379, David B. Buller and Mary Klein Buller are with Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, CO. Dallas R. English is with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jody Simmons, Melanie Wakefield, and Suzanne Dobbinson are with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne. James A. Chamberlain is with the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria.)
Year2017
Volume107
Issue12
Pages1869-1875
Publication date2017-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304071
PMID29048958
OpenAlexW2765940612
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited22

Objectives. To test whether shade sails will increase the use of passive recreation areas (PRAs). Methods. We conducted a stratified randomized pretest–posttest controlled design study in Melbourne, Australia, and Denver, Colorado, in 2010 to 2014. We randomized a sample of 144 public parks with 2 PRAs in full sun in a 1:3 ratio to treatment or control. Shade sails were built at 1 PRA per treatment park. The outcome was any use of the study PRA (n = 576 pretest and n = 576 posttest observations; 100% follow-up). Results. Compared with 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% confidence interval [CI] = 1.71, 8.94). Shade increased use of PRAs in Denver (control: pretest = 0.18, posttest = 0.19; 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 = 2.98; 95% CI = 1.09, 8.14). Conclusions. Public investment in shade is warranted for skin cancer prevention and may be especially useful in the United States. Trial Registration. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT02971709

Confidence interval · Geography · Odds ratio · Physical therapy · Political science · Public park · Randomized controlled trial · Recreation · Sociology · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Skin Protection and Aging · Surgery · Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements · Urban Green Space and Health

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