Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación (Jul 2013)

Descriptive study of services offered to users of parks bio healthy of Galicia

  • Víctor Arufe Giráldez,
  • Lidia Cortés Seoane,
  • Xisela Alcides Suárez

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 02, no. 24
pp. 60 – 62

Abstract

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The worry of the citizens for the health grows year after year, up to the point that numerous town halls have invested an important budget item in the creation of parks of physical activity for major, parks bio healthy or geriatric parks since some authors name. These parks can be defined as green spaces that numerous equipments integrates for the development of the physical condition inside an urban area or extraurban. His design is focused towards the offer of sports practice for adult population. Across this work one tries to analyze of descriptive form some of the services with those who count these parks. The sample was formed by 30 parks bio healthy of Galicia, constructed between the year 2010 and 2012. The withdrawal of information was realized across a created ad hoc questionnaire. The variables that surrendered to study for this work are the availability of a source with drinkable water, availability of a public bathroom, presence of a professional of the sport, been of the machines and information for the user on the use of the machines. The results state that many of the town halls promoters of parks bio healthy do not bear in mind the presentation of a few minimal services that are necessary for the practice of the physical exercise (fiscal year) in major persons, in order to guarantee an ideal care of his health.

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