The importance of play for the healthy development of children is clear. Safe and accessible playgrounds give children the opportunity to challenge themselves and develop physically, mentally, and socially. In the article by Allen et al in the current issue of Pediatrics, the authors assessed more than 450 playgrounds in Chicago to identify hazards and compare the number and safety of the playg...

This study examined the effects and specificity of structured and unstructured activities played at the playground Primo Sport 0246 in Northern Italy on motor skill competence in five years old children. The playground was specifically designed to promote gross motor skills in preschool children; in this study 71 children from local kindergartens came to the park once a week for ten consecutive...

The purpose of this research was to examine the peer processes that occur during bullying episodes on the school playground. These processes were examined from a social learning perspective, allowing us to consider the effects of various types of reinforcement among bullies, victims, and peers. Fifty-three segments of video tape were examined. Each segment contained a peer group (two or more pe...

CoRReCtioN 788 RNA Biology Volume 11 issue 6 CoRReCtioN Under the section " The Institute for Biology–Carl's New Home, " the artist who created " Darwin's Playground " was incorrectly identified. The artist's name is Tony Tasset, not Tony Tyson.

In this study, we investigated playground equipment related injuries in preschool-aged children. This was a retrospective observational study using Emergency Department based Injury In-depth Surveillance, (2011-2014). We included the preschool-aged children with playground equipment related injuries. We surveyed the mechanism and incidence of injuries, and estimated the odds ratio (OR) of traum...

The necessity of disinfecting playground soil is an important issue, because pathogenic protozoa, bacteria, and parasite eggs remain viable for several months and can infect children. UV irradiation has been used to decontaminate water but its effectiveness on soil is unclear. We determined the efficacy of UV radiation for inactivation of an indicator bacteria, E. coli (strain ATCC 8739), on pl...