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Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents' perceptions of influences on children's active free-play Veitch, Jenny, Bagley, Sarah, Ball, Kylie and Salmon, Jo 2006, Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents' perceptions of influences on children's active free-play, Health & place, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 383-393. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ball-wheredochildrenusuallyplay-2006.pdf Author post print application/pdf 100.16KB 2478 Title Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents' perceptions of influences on children's active free-play Author(s) Veitch, Jenny Bagley, Sarah Ball, Kylie Salmon, Jo Journal name Health & place Volume number 12 Issue number 4 Start page 383 End page 393 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2006-12 ISSN 1353-8292 Keyword(s) ecological model physical activity independent mobility environment Summary This study explored the perceptions of 78 parents from low, mid and high socio-economic areas in Melbourne, Australia to increase understanding of where children play and why. Using an ecological model interviews with parents revealed that safety and social factors emerged as key social themes, facilities at parks and playgrounds, and urban design factors emerged as important physical environment themes. The children's level of independence and attitudes to active free-play were considered to be important individual level influences on active free-play. The study findings have important implications for future urban planning and children's opportunities for active free-play. Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 111704 Community Child Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2005, Elsevier Ltd. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003674 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 17 Oct 2008, 08:37:15 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2009, 15:12:45 EST Thu, 04 Jun 2009, 11:49:17 EST Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 16:36:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 101 times in TR Web of Science Cited 113 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 739 Abstract Views, 2478 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:59:53 EST

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