Open AccessQuality of public open spaces in Pune city for promoting physical activity
Author(s) -
Vishnu U Pethkar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.5782
Subject(s) - physical activity , psychological intervention , environmental health , descriptive statistics , public health , quality (philosophy) , active living , sample (material) , business , geography , environmental planning , socioeconomics , psychology , medicine , sociology , physical therapy , philosophy , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , nursing , epistemology , chromatography , psychiatry
Inactivity is one of the ten leading global causes of death and disability. Despite the common knowledge that exercise or physical activity is helpful, many people are not regularly active. Considering the limited or very low success for individual based approaches in promoting active and healthy lifestyle, environmental interventions is the key to promote physical activity. Physical environment can either obstruct or facilitate physical activity. So, addressing environmental attributes of public open spaces like parks and play grounds associated with promoting physical activity in need of the hour. Hence the present study was undertaken with a purpose to study quality of public open spaces in Pune city for promoting physical activity.For this descriptive survey out of the 7 regions in which Pune city area is divided 2 regions namely, Aundh-Baner and Shivajinagar-Ghole Road were selected. All together there are 11 Public parks and playgrounds in Aundh-Baner region and 17 in Shivajinagar- Ghole road region which were considered as sample for the study.