Community use of school grounds outside of school hours

dc.citation.volumeAhead of Print
dc.contributor.authorLin E-Y
dc.contributor.authorWitten K
dc.contributor.authorCarroll P
dc.contributor.authorParker K
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T23:29:16Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T23:29:16Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-13
dc.description.abstractPhysical activity in childhood is essential for healthy development and wellbeing and school grounds can provide neighbourhood access to safe play spaces. This study examines the relationship between school demographics (school size, school decile, ethnicity of students and population density) and whether school grounds are open or closed for community use outside school hours. Data were gathered from 391 primary and intermediate schools across Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa New Zealand (84% of Auckland schools) with 250 schools participating in the full survey. The results indicate that higher school decile and lower population density are associated with school grounds being available for community use. This result is concerning. With closed school grounds more likely to be in lower socio-economic and higher population density areas, the children most affected are the same group who have fewer opportunities and less spaces for active play. The main reason schools closed their grounds was ‘vandalism /graffiti/theft concerns’. Low decile schools whose grounds were open outside of school hours shared a similar commitment to involve their communities widely in school activities and found doing so decreased the levels of vandalism. Their approach may offer useful insights to schools that are currently closed.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionJul 2024
dc.identifier.citationLin EY, Witten K, Carroll P, Parker K. (2024). Community use of school grounds outside of school hours. Kotuitui. Ahead of Print.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1177083X.2024.2369269
dc.identifier.eissn1177-083X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.number2369269
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71417
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1177083X.2024.2369269
dc.relation.isPartOfKotuitui
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectschool ground
dc.subjectcommunity use
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectplay
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.titleCommunity use of school grounds outside of school hours
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id490842
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Health
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