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  title info:
    title: Increasing Hispanic participation in a public recreation center
  name:
    name part: Fernández, Mariela.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Scott, David
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Witt, Peter A
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This study analyzed the reasons why a limited number of Hispanic parents take their children to a local public recreation center. The center historically serves the African American population of the community, with many African Americans living in the area surrounding the center. However, in the last decade, Hispanic families of Mexican decent have moved into this particular neighborhood, yet only a limited number of Hispanic children are currently enrolled at the center. The current study sought to 1) understand the historical context of the recreation center in relation to the African American population; 2) understand the attitudes held by Hispanic parents toward the use of the center; and 3) make recommendation to the center management of possible ways to increase Hispanic participation. The research was conducted over a three-month period in the community surrounding the recreation center. Information was collected through the use of participant observation, autoethnography, historical and archival documents, and interviews. Findings suggest that the history of the recreation center is responsible for the large number of African American users at the facility. The facility had its origins as a segregated African American high school, and even today it serves an important community function in the African American neighborhood. Additionally, Hispanic parents identified a number of barriers to participation including language, lack of awareness, cultural differences, cost of participation, bullying, and negative perceptions of the center and neighborhood. Community members also discussed the lack of enforcement of outreach material available to recruit Hispanics. In order to increase Hispanic enrollment, the recreation center should take action in several areas. First, the center must extend ownership by implementing programs applicable to other ethnic groups. The center may also want to consider displaying photos or posters of Hispanic role models in order to b…
  note: by Mariela Fernandez.
  note: "Major Subject: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9999
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Constraints to leisure
  subject:
    topic: Recreation
  subject:
    topic: Race/ethnicity
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9999
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 121113
    record change date: 20150922142737.0
    record identifier: in00002775692