Increasing Access to Places for Physical Activity Through a Joint Use Agreement: A Case Study in Urban Honolulu

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Maddock, Jay ; Choy, Lehua B ; Nett, Blythe ; McGurk, Meghan D ; Tamashiro, Reid
• Description:
  Background ; To increase levels of physical activity (PA), interventions that create or enhance access to places for PA are recommended. Establishing a joint use agreement is one way to increase access to existing PA and recreational facilities. The purpose of this article is to present a case study of In-Motion, a pilot joint use agreement project at one urban high school in Honolulu, Hawaii. ; Context ; Residents of urban Honolulu are underserved by the amount of parkland and recreational facilities available for their use. The Honolulu County Department of Parks and Recreation sought to implement a joint use agreement to use the facilities of one urban high school for a recreational program. The high school selected for the pilot project has a student population primarily from low-income and ethnic minority backgrounds. ; Methods ; An assessment of the potential of 7 urban high schools to implement a joint use agreement was conducted to select the pilot site. In-Motion developed and implemented a joint use agreement. PA preferences of students, staff, and community members were assessed to guide recreational program offerings. Various recreational classes were offered free to the school community. ; Consequences ; Several barriers to implementing the joint use agreement and recreational program were encountered. However, participants were satisfied with the recreational classes they attended and said that the In-Motion program helped them to engage in more PA. Program awareness by high school students and staff was high. ; Interpretation ; In-Motion has successfully modeled a pilot joint use agreement and provided new opportunities for PA to the high school's students, teachers, and staff, and to community residents.
• Subjects:
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Fitness Centers
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Motor Activity
  • Pilot Projects
  • Poverty Areas
  • Recreation
  • Schools
  • Social Environment
  More +
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2008; 5(3).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Community Case Study
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20264/cdc_20264_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 384.37 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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