PLAY EQUITY MOVEMENT RESEARCH & RESOURCES
The Play Equity Fund is dedicated to learning and evaluation. We seek insight and research to maximize the impact of our work to ensure kids have equal access to sport and structured play for lifelong well-being.
The Play Equity Gap & The Play Equity Movement
- The Play Equity Fund
- The Alliance: Los Angeles
- LA84 Foundation Research & Conference Reports
- PLAY Sports Coalition
- Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative
- King County Play Equity Coalition
- Southwest Sports and Fitness Alliance
- Play Equity: We’ve Only Scratched the Surface
- Too much money, too little fun: Youth sports are out of reach for too many kids in King County
Returning to Play: Post-COVID-19
- Re-envisioning Post-pandemic Youth Sport to Meet Young People’s Mental, Emotional, and Social Needs
- How is the Pandemic Affecting Young Athletes?
- Four Things You Should Know Before Your Young Athlete Returns to Sports
- Lin, Ann, Bianca Edison et al.: Assessment of Parental Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pediatric Sports-Related Concussions. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach 20(10)
Sport, Play and Mental Health
- Association of Team Sports Participation With Long-term Mental Health Outcomes Among Individuals Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Reimagining the Youth Sport System Across the United States: A Commentary From the 2020–2021 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board
- A Kids Book About Trauma
- Times columnists talk Naomi Osaka, mental health, the media and seeing athletes ‘as humans’
- Invisible Tattoos
- Athlete mental health in the Olympic/Paralympic Quadrennium: a multi-societal consensus statement
- Sport psychology services to professional athletes: working through COVID-19
Building Social & Emotional Skills Through Sport
Reimagining School-Based Sports
- Aspen Project Play: School Sports Playbook
- Impact Report: Three-Year Impact Evaluation of LAUSD Beyond the Bell Sports Programs: Linking Quality with Outcomes. Year 3 (2018-2019)
- Pathways Study Report: Three-Year Impact Evaluation of LAUSD Beyond the Bell Sports Programs: Linking Quality With Outcomes. Year 3 (2018-2019)