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- Title
Shade Sails and Passive Recreation in Public Parks of Melbourne and Denver: A Randomized Intervention.
- Authors
Buller, David B.; English, Dallas R.; Buller, Mary Klein; Simmons, Jody; Chamberlain, James A.; Wakefield, Melanie; Dobbinson, Suzanne
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AUSTRALIA; COLORADO; SHADES &; shadows; RECREATION areas; PARKS; SKIN cancer prevention; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of solar radiation; MELANOMA diagnosis; AGING; RISK factors of skin cancer; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; PRE-tests &; post-tests; POPULATION geography; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure prevention; CLINICAL trials; CONFIDENCE intervals; PUBLIC spaces; RECREATION; STATISTICAL sampling; SUNSHINE; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, Issue 12, p1869
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2017.304071