Nilda G Cosco

Research Design, Protocol, and Participant Characteristics of COLEAFS: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Childcare Garden Intervention

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A national research agenda supporting green schoolyard development and equitable access to nature

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 8(1).

A national research agenda supporting green schoolyard development and equitable access to nature

ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE, 8(1).

Re-Naturing Urban Childhood: A Sustainable Development Strategy

In C. Gallis (Ed.), Forests and Public Health. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-5029-2

Creating Inclusive Naturalized Outdoor Play Environments

In R. E. Tremblay, M. Boivin, P. RDeV, M. eds. Brussoni, & topic (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/outdoor-play/according-experts/creating-inclusive-naturalized-outdoor-play-environments

Early Childhood Outdoor Play and Learning Spaces (ECOPALS):Achieving Design Quality

In R. E. Tremblay, M. Boivin, P. RDeV, M. eds. Brussoni, & topic (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/outdoor-play/according-experts/early-childhood-outdoor-play-and-learning-spaces-ecopals-achieving

Impact of Naturalized Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Environments: Research Brief.

Cosco, N., & Moore, R. (2019, March). https://naturalearning.org/Research+Brief

Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems: Effectiveness of the Preventing Obesity by Design Gardening Component

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 50(7), S118–S119.

Child-friendly, active, healthy neighborhoods: Physical characteristics and children's time outdoors

Environment and Behavior, 48(5), 711–736.

Social and Environmental Factors Related to Boys’ and Girls’ Park-Based Physical Activity

Preventing Chronic Disease, 12(E97).

The Health-Promoting Potential of Preschool Outdoor Environments: Linking Research to Policy

In G. & L. Morhayim (Eds.), Revisiting “Social Factors”: Advancing Research Into People and Place. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Childcare outdoor renovation as a built environment health promotion strategy: Evaluating the preventing obesity by design intervention

American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3), S27–32.

Increasing Physical Activity in Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments: The Effect of Setting Adjacency Relative to Other Built Environment and Social Factors

Environment and Behavior, 48(4), 550–578.

Park Use Among Youth and Adults: Examination of Individual, Social, and Urban Form Factors

Environment & Behavior, 46(6), 768–800.

The Outdoor Learning Environment Toolkit

In E. (Ed.), Natural Learning Initiative. Natural Learning Initiative, North Carolina State University.

Accelerometer measured level of physical activity indoors and outdoors during preschool time in Sweden and the United States

Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 9(6), 801–808.

Adults’ motivation for bringing their children to park playgrounds

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 11(4), 396–405.

Park-Based Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41(3), 258–265.

Preschool outdoor play environment may combine promotion of children's physical activity and sun protection. Further evidence from Southern Sweden and North Carolina

Science & Sports, 26(2), 72–82.

Behavior mapping: A method for linking preschool physical activity and outdoor design

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42(3), 513–519.

Using behaviour mapping to investigate healthy outdoor environments for children and families: Conceptual framework, procedures and applications

In Innovative Approaches to Researching Landscape and Health: Open Space: People Space 2 (pp. 33–73).

Adaptation of the system for observing physical activity and recreation in communities (SOPARC) to assess age groupings of children

Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 6(6), 699–707.

Sensory Integration and Contact with Nature: Designing Outdoor Inclusive Environments

North American Montessori Teachers Association. NAMTA Journal. https://shop.montessori-namta.org/products/sensory-integration-and-contact-with-nature-designing-outdoor-inclusive-environments-21896

What makes a park inclusive and universally designed?: A multi-method approach

In Open Space: People Space (pp. 85–110).

Paying attention to the outdoor environment is as important as preparing the indoor environment

Young Children, 57(3), 32-X. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042306241&partnerID=MN8TOARS