Schools as a community resource for physical activity: legal considerations for decision makers. Academic Article

abstract

• Public schools may offer community residents access to gymnasiums, playfields, etc. When school facilities are available and/or opened up for public use in this manner, what are the legal obligations and liability concerns that arise for the schools and the users? Joint- and shared-use facilities and lands have some legal protections, which this paper introduces and reviews. Legal cases (and precedent) are shared with readers. Within this context, a model depicting factors influencing decisions to allow public use of school facilities for recreation and physical activity is introduced.

authors

• Spengler, John

published proceedings

• Am J Health Promot

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Spengler, J. O., Young, S. J., & Linton, L. S.

citation count

• 30

complete list of authors

• Spengler, John O||Young, Sarah J||Linton, Leslie S

publication date

• March 2007

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Health Promotion  Journal

keywords

• Community Health Services
• Decision Making
• Florida
• Health Promotion
• Humans
• Liability, Legal
• Life Style
• Motor Activity
• Public Sector
• Recreation
• Schools
• Social Perception
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 17465185

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.4278/0890-1171-21.4s.390

start page

• 390

end page

• iii

volume

• 21

issue

• 4 Suppl

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-21.4s.390