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Research 

 

Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Centre for Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark
Energy Expenditure in Children during Play on Kompan ICON SPACE and NOVA Playgrounds

 

Epinion Capacent for KOMPAN Play Institute:

A study of teenagers behavior in relation to physical activitiy 2007


Cases

 

An open-access leisure site for youth

Interview with sports manager Hervé Allègre and play worker Gilles Denis

at Le Mée, France

 

Physically active young people in the neighbourhood, Mölndal, Sweden

Interview with Christer Hjort

 

“Design should come from the community”

Interview with Alan McMullen, Environmental Regeneration Manager of the Environment Trust, Dumbarton, Scotland


Conference abstracts

 

International Play Association, Hong Kong 2008

Play for health - Evidence based approaches in preschool playgrounds

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, KOMPAN Play Institute, International Manager

 

International Play Association, Hong Kong 2008

Evidence based approaches to teen play needs

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, MA, KOMPAN Play Institute, International Manager

 

International Play Association, Hong Kong 2008

Evidence based approaches to teen play needs  -  Powerpoint

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, MA, KOMPAN Play Institute, International Manager

 

IFPRA world congress, Dublin 2007
Play for health
- Advocating evidence based approaches in playground planning

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, KOMPAN Play Institute, International Manager

 

Child in the City, Stuttgart 2006
A room of their own – health and mobility through free play

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, KOMPAN Play Institute, International Manager

 

Kidsafe, Sydney 2006
The backseat generation in puberty - promoting youth activity


Links

 

www.activelivingresearch.org

 

www.demos.co.uk


Articles

 

"Teenage years - troublesome or triumphant?"
by Jeanette Fich Jespersen, KOMPAN Play Institute


Newsletter archive

 

August 2010 - KOMPAN Play Institute
December 2009 - KOMPAN Play Institute

August 2009 - KOMPAN Play Institute

April 2009 - KOMPAN Play Institute

December 2008 - KOMPAN Play Institute

August 2008 - KOMPAN Play Institute

May 2008 - KOMPAN Play Institute

 


Litterature

 

The Association of School Environments with Youth Physical Activity, American Journal of Public Health , 91(4), 2001, 618-620, Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Prochaska, J.J., McKenzie, T.L., Marshall, S.P., & Brown, M.

 

Violent crime and outdoor physical activity among innercity youth, Preventive Medicine , 39, 2004, 876-881, Gomez, J.E., Johnson, B.A., Selva, M. et al.

 

Unsafe to play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescents, American Journal of Health Promotion , 18, 2004, 378-386

 

Does the built environment influence physical activity? Examining the evidence , Special Report 282, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board/ Institute of Medicine, at http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=4536

 

Teenagers and Public Space, Literature Review , OPENspace: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments, Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University, July 2003, Penny Travlou

 

Seen and Heard – Reclaiming the public realm with children and young people , DEMOS, 2007, Ioost Beunderman,Celia Hannon, Peter Bradwell


 
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