Resources for physical activity participation: Does availability and accessibility differ by neighborhood socioeconomic status?

By Paul Estabrooks, Rebecca E. Lee, N. Gyurcsik. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2003

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A Qualitative GIS Approach to Mapping Urban Neighborhoods with Children to Promote Physical Activity and Child-Friendly Community Planning (2010, background): “One factor influencing the health of children in poor neighborhoods includes historical trends of public disinvestment in community spaces, such as parks and playgrounds, which contributes to fewer and lower quality facilities (Estabrooks et al, 2003; Katz, 1995).”
Socioeconomic Status and Health Behaviors in Adolescence: A Review of the Literature (2007, background): “In terms of physical activity, low SES teens, compared to high SES teens, may spend more time indoors as a result of unsafe neighborhoods or lack of green spaces in which to exercise (Estabrooks et al. 2003; Weir et al. 2006).”
Built environments and obesity in disadvantaged populations. (2009, background): “Lacking exercise facilities or places to be active Yes (72, 86, 90) Yes (8, 79, 89, 91, 94, 96); no (74, 95)”
The Environmentalism of the Poor revisited: : Territory and place in disconnected glocal struggles (2014, background): “Deprived urban neighborhoods tend to get poor environmental services such as green spaces, street cleaning and waste collection while wealthier and white communities enjoy environmental privileges – parks, coasts, open space – in a racially exclusive way (Anguelovski, 2014; Carruthers, 2008; Estabro”