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Constraints on Recreation Among People of Color: Toward a New Constraints Model

Leisure Sciences, 2019
This paper reports on the findings of a study that examined constraints on leisure experienced by African American, Latinx and Asian users and nonusers of recreation programs offered by a park district from a mid-size Midwestern community. The objectives
M. Stodolska, K. Shinew, L. N. Camarillo
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Outdoor recreation among wheeled mobility users: perceived barriers and facilitators

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2020
Purpose Participation in outdoor recreation is associated with improvements in mental, emotional, and physical health. Individuals with impairments affecting mobility, such as wheelchair users, face environmental, physical, and social barriers to ...
Ashley Menzies, Carolyn Mazan, J. Borisoff, Johanne L. Mattie, W. Mortenson   +4 more
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An Ecological Model of Environmental Justice for Recreation

Leisure Sciences, 2019
Socioeconomic and racial-ethnic inequities in access to recreation settings are widely considered environmental justice (EJ) issues. Researchers in leisure, geography, urban planning, and other disciplines have published important theoretical ...
A. Rigolon, Mariela Fernandez, Brandon Harris, W. Stewart   +3 more
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Outdoor Recreation

Rural Society in the U.S.: Issues for the 1980s, 2018
This chapter focuses on outdoor recreation and how Japanese Americans’ engagement with nature through leisure helped to strengthen their resolve and contribute to a sense of freedom.
Gordon L. Bultena
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The Impacts of Recreation Programs on the Mental Health of Postsecondary Students in North America: An Integrative Review

Leisure Sciences, 2018
The mental health of university students has become a recognized concern and lifestyle factors, including recreation, can play an integral role in maintaining positive mental health.
Fenton Litwiller, Catherine White, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, R. Gilbert   +3 more
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From recreation to responsibility: Increasing environmentally responsible behavior in tourism

, 2020
Lujun Su, M. Hsu, Robert E. Boostrom
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Critical Considerations for Physical Literacy Policy in Public Health, Recreation, Sport, and Education Agencies

, 2017
D. Dudley, J. Cairney, N. Wainwright, D. Kriellaars, Drew Mitchell   +4 more
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Segmentation by recreation experience in island-based tourism: a case study of Taiwan's Liuqiu Island

, 2018
T. Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan, C. H. Tseng, Yang Fan Lin   +3 more
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A Systematic Review of the Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Wildland Recreation

, 2018
Jennifer M. Thomsen, R. Powell, C. Monz
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Place-Based Pathways to Proenvironmental Behavior: Empirical Evidence for a Conservation–Recreation Model

, 2018
Lincoln R. Larson, C. Cooper, R. Stedman, D. Decker, R. Gagnon   +4 more
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