Communities
Nutrition & Physical Activity Tools for use in Community Settings
A comprehensive community-based assessment of youth sports and physical activity resources in Boston to understand how community resources and individual and household characteristics combine to influence levels of physical activity.
Surveys
The Play Across Boston research team welcomes other cities and towns to look at recreational programs and facilities for its young people. If you and/or your organization plan to use these data sources in the Boston area, permission must be received from the authors prior to use.
Play Across Boston Facility Survey
Play Across Boston Student Survey
Play Across Boston 2000 Program Survey
Neighborhood Series
These active fact sheets detail the types of sports and programs young people were participating in, as well as the availability of recreational facilities, by neighborhood according to the Play Across Boston baseline assessment.
Allston-Brighton Central Boston Charlestown Dorchester
East Boston Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mattapan
Roslindale Roxbury South Boston West Roxbury
Summer 2010: “Around the Water Cooler”
2008–2009: “There’s Always After School…”
2007–2008: “What You Do Starts in the Middle”
Youth Task Force
A group of Boston high school students who conducts research projects that inform the work of the Harvard Prevention Research Center and its community partners.
Youth Task Force Student Literature Reviews
Youth/Adult Partnership Models
Research Methods Used by Youth
