Publication Date: June 24, 2020
Researchers interviewed children 10 to 13-years-old living in Canada about their feelings of safety and level of activity around unsupervised outdoor play.
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Children & Youth, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Boyes R, Brussoni M, Han C, Janssen I, Lin Y, Masse LC, Schuurman N, Swanlund D
Publication Date: February 10, 2020
This study observed differences between rural and urban parents’ attitudes towards serious injury in both British Columbia and Quebec and differences between mothers and fathers.
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Brain Injury, Children & Youth, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Bauer M, Brussoni M, Giles A
Publication Date: August 28, 2019
In recent years, children’s independent mobility, or the freedom to move about without supervision by adults, has been in steady decline.
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Children & Youth, Play Spaces
Author(s): Brussoni M, Janssen I, Masse L, Vlaar J
Publication Date: April 15, 2019
Children’s play is increasingly controlled, costly and standardised. Risk aversion has resulted in attempts to eliminate all danger despite the limited health burden of play-related injuries and missing cost–benefit evidence. We provide recommendations for play providers, standard setters, inspectors and public health.
Classification: All Journal Articles, Children & Youth, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Ball D, Brussoni M, Gill T, Harbottle H, Spiegal B
Publication Date: December 1, 2017
We examined the effects of an intervention to increase opportunities for nature and risky play in the outdoor play environments of two childcare centres using a repeated measures mixed methods design.
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Children & Youth, Physical Activity, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Brunelle S, Brussoni M, Herrington S, Ishikawa T
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Publication Date: December 22, 2014
To reflect on the role of risk-taking and risky play in child development and consider recommendations for the injury prevention field, a symposium was held prior to the November 2013 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference.
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Children & Youth, Physical Activity, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Ball D, Belair S, Brunelle S, Brussoni M, Fuselli P, Herrington S, Logan L, Pike I, Sandseter E, Turner H
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Publication Date: September 13, 2013
This project addressed the safety of outdoor play spaces (including playgrounds, green spaces, urban areas such as parking lots and vacant lots, and the street) available to vulnerable children and youth in Canada.
Classification: _Full Collection, Children & Youth, Physical Activity, Play Spaces, Risky Play, Special Publication
Author(s): Ibrahimova A, Pike I, Wilson D
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Publication Date: April 29, 2013
This report provides a synopsis of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) funded study entitled, Exploring Children’s Lived Experiences of Play Spaces through Participatory Photo Mapping.
Classification: _Full Collection, Children & Youth, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Ibrahimova A, Piedt S, Pike I
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Publication Date: August 30, 2012
We explore the relationship between child development, play, and conceptions of risk taking with the aim of informing child injury prevention.
Classification: _Full Collection, Play Spaces, Risky Play
Author(s): Brussoni M, Olsen L, Pike I, Sleet D
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Publication Date: February 17, 2011
This study further cites that the cribs and playpens “represents an unacceptable level of danger, highlighting the need for continued improvements in product design, especially to prevent falls from cribs.”
Classification: _Full Collection, All Journal Articles, Consumer Products, Home Safety, Injury Topics, Play Spaces
Author(s): McKenzie L, Rochette L, Smith G, Yeh E
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