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Use of Shade in U.S. and Australian City Parks

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Klein Buendel, Inc.
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Cancer Council Victoria

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概要

Use of shade when outdoors is recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce overall exposure to ultraviolet radiation. However, expensive physical environment changes are often required to provide shade and may be effective only when health education has created a social environment that motivate shade use. A multi-national research team will explore the use of built shade in passive recreation areas within public parks and compare use of built shade between the United States and Australia. The specific aims of the project are to: a) introduce built shade structures (i.e., shade sails) in public parks in Denver and Melbourne; b) compare the use of passive recreation areas with and without built shade; c) compare the change in use of the passive recreation areas in Denver and Melbourne after introduction of built shade, and d) examine the relationship among social environment and physical features of the environment and built shade.

説明

This study is designed to understand the value of shade development in skin cancer prevention and test predictions from social ecologic models that health behavior results from the interplay among the built environment, social environment, and setting features. Use of shade is recommended by health authorities worldwide. However, shade provision requires expensive physical environment changes and may be effective only when health education has created a social environment (e.g., norms) that motivates its use. A multi-national research team will explore the use of built shade in passive recreation areas (i.e., areas for sitting/ standing while socializing, preparing/eating a meal, watching/coaching sports, watching a concert, taking a class, or waiting, or areas where people stroll for sightseeing, while observing outdoor displays, or shopping) within public parks and compare use between the United States (i.e., Denver, Colorado) and Australia (i.e., Melbourne, Victoria) to prospectively test the moderating influence of social environment on the built environment. Pilot studies confirmed that adults in Melbourne had stronger sun protection habits and norms than adults in Denver. The specific aims of the project are to: a) introduce built shade structures (i.e., shade sails) in public parks in Denver and Melbourne; b) compare the use of passive recreation areas with and without built shade; c) compare the change in use of the passive recreation areas in Denver and Melbourne after introduction of built shade, and d) examine the relationship among social environment and physical features of the environment and built shade.The research team will build shade sails at passive recreation areas in public parks and compare use of the passive recreation areas to unshaded passive recreation areas in a randomized pretest-posttest controlled design. Passive recreation areas will be enrolled in one of three annual sample waves and stratified by location (72 in Denver and 72 in Melbourne). In each wave, passive recreation areas will be pretested in a first summer, further stratified based on baseline use, and randomized following pretest to construction of a shade sail or an untreated control group in a 1:3 ratio. Posttesting will occur the following summer, after construction of the shade sails. In total, 36 passive recreation areas will be randomized to the intervention group with shade sail construction (18 per city) and 108 passive recreation areas to the untreated control group with no shade sails (54 per city). The primary outcome measure will be use of the passive recreation areas, observed by trained research assistants. The secondary outcome measure will be the potential ultraviolet radiation exposure, assessed by hand-held meters during the observations of the passive recreation areas. Data collection will occur during 30-minute periods between 11 am and 3 pm on on 4 weekend days over 20-weeks in the summer. Primary analyses will be performed on the probability the passive recreation areas are in use when observed and secondary analysis, on estimated standard erythemal dose of ultraviolet radiation during 30 minutes, using intent-to-treat methods.

日付

最終確認済み: 06/30/2017
最初に提出された: 11/20/2016
提出された推定登録数: 11/20/2016
最初の投稿: 11/22/2016
最終更新が送信されました: 07/23/2017
最終更新日: 07/24/2017
実際の研究開始日: 06/30/2010
一次完了予定日: 05/30/2017
研究完了予定日: 05/30/2017

状態または病気

Skin Cancer

介入/治療

Behavioral: Shade Sail

段階

-

アームグループ

介入/治療
Experimental: Shade Sail
Shade sails were constructed over passive recreation areas in public parks between pretest and posttest. Shade sails maximized available shade in the passive recreation areas from 11 am to 3 pm in the summer.
Behavioral: Shade Sail
Shade sails had powder-coated or gout galvanized steel poles and a lighter colored shade cloth to transmit visual light. The shade cloth met Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) ratings to reduce UV under the shade cloth by 94%. The final shade sail designs and sizes were determined with input from parks department staff and complied with all local engineering, building, and planning codes. Shade sails exceeded the minimum safety requirements for strength (for wind and snow load), resistance to light degradation, and UV transmission. The design minimized climbing access points and hazards to adjacent activities.
No Intervention: Unshaded Control
Passive recreation areas in public parks that remained unshaded at pretest and posttest.

適格基準

研究の対象となる年齢 18 Years に 18 Years
研究に適格な性別All
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基準

Inclusion Criteria:

- Passive recreation areas had to be located in public parks in Denver, Colorado USA or Melbourne, Victoria Australia metropolitan area.

- Parks had to contain at least two unshaded PRAs and be administered by the study municipalities,

- Passive recreation areas had to meet the definition of a passive recreation area, i.e., areas for sitting/standing while socializing, preparing/eating a meal, watching or coaching sports, watching a concert, taking a class, or waiting, or areas where people stroll (walk slowly) for sightseeing while observing outdoor displays (e.g., festivals, gardens, zoo exhibits).

- Passive recreation areas had to be in full sun (i.e. no shade) at pretest.

- Passive recreation areas had to contain a space where a shade sail could be constructed, i.e., free from underground or above ground obstructions, relatively level, and large enough to accommodate the shade sail.

- Passive recreation areas had to be approved by parks department staff for shade sail construction.

- Adults had to appear to be 18 years of age or older.

- Adults had to be in the public parks.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Passive recreation areas where major construction/ redevelopment of the parks was planned within the study period.

結果

主な結果の測定

1. Observed Use of Passive Recreation Area by Adults [One-year]

Any use of each passive recreation, assessed by observing each passive recreation areas for 30 minutes on four weekend days between 11 am and 3 pm when forecast high temperatures were had forecast high temperature were between 72°F/22°C and 95°F/35°C over a 20-week period during two summers (pretest summer, posttest summer) by trained research assistants. Observations were suspended during rain.

二次的な結果の測定

1. Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Level [One-year]

Average potential UV exposure for a user of the passive recreation area assessed in standard erythemal units, based on measurements from a handheld UV meter performed by trained research assistants during assessment of the primary outcome.

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