Chang et al., 2017CHANG, Megan et al. Assessing disaster preparedness among select children's summer camps in the United States and Canada. Southern Medical Journal, v. 110, n. 8, p. 502-508, 2017.
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Safety |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
USA and Canada |
169 camps |
Questionnaire |
Disaster preparedness. |
Sample selection bias. Background influence respondents’ perspectives. Inadequate type of questions to respondents to quantify food and water reserves. Results do not reflect the feasibility of camps’ disaster plans or available online plans for parents. Miss to identify possible causes to the failures. |
Miller; Barth, 2016 |
Safety |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Boy Scout Summer Camp |
USA |
1586 participants |
Logbooks |
Visits to health center. |
Sample limited to one camp and only included treatments in centre. Findings not generalized. Data limited to logbook format. Cause of injuries not explained. |
Monk; Deutsch, 2016 |
Safety |
Conceptual |
Sports Camps |
USA |
N/A |
N/A |
Risk Management Plan Athletic Trainers Background Checks Facilities/Equipment Supervision Camp Rules Appropriate Activities |
Only sports camps. Recommendations not generalizable. No empirical analysis the proposed model. |
Papageorgiou; Mavromatis; Kosta, 2006PAPAGEORGIOU, Panagiota; MAVROMATIS, George; KOSTA, George. Summer camp injuries: a tool for safety planning at the summer camp. World Leisure Journal, v. 48, n. 3, p. 54-61, 2006.
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Safety |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
Greece |
726 documents |
Registration form: Students Injury and Incident Reports for Use in Swedish School |
Injury Classes |
Results do not explain why the injuries occurred. Participant’s characteristics not considered in examining the injuries. |
Powell; Fields, 2002 |
Safety |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Documents: 119 published decisions in a legal database Staff: 102 camp professionals |
Documents: legal database Risk Management Perspective Inventory (survey) |
Published Legal Cases. Camp professionals' perceptions of risk management. |
Only legal cases in the U.S. Only published cases discussed. Non-representative sample. Perceptions rather than behaviours |
Robinson et al., 2019ROBINSON, Roni L. et al. Concussion management in summer camps. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, v. 37, n. 1, p. 115-123, 2019.
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Safety |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Staff: 108 |
Questionnaire |
Comfort level in managing concussion. Use of concussion protocols. Willingness to use a concussion protocol. Practice in managing concussion in camp. |
Respondent bias. Influenced of pre-written answer choices in providers’ decision. Miss to understand the cause of staff discomfort. |
Alexandris; Kouthouris, 2005ALEXANDRIS, Konstantinos; KOUTHOURIS, Charilaos. Personal incentives for participation in summer children’s camps: investigating their relationships with satisfaction and loyalty. Managing Leisure, v. 10, n. 1, p. 39-53, 2005.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Children’s summer camps |
Greece |
Participants: 453 |
Questionnaire |
Incentives for camp participation. Satisfaction. Loyalty Word-of-mouth. |
Parent’s decision-making not considered. |
Jones, 2005JONES, Rhys. What do children most enjoy about summer soccer camp? Gender and group perceptions. Physical Educator, v. 62, n. 1, p. 2-13, 2005.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Qualitative |
Summer Soccer camp |
USA |
Participants: 100 |
Questionnaire |
Things that children enjoyed in camp. |
Only pilot study Results not generalizable. Sample limited to participants. |
Kotíková; Schwartzhoffová, 2016KOTÍKOVÁ, Halina; SCHWARTZHOFFOVÁ, Eva. Children’s camps as a tourism product: a case study. Czech Journal of Tourism, v. 5, n. 2, p. 189-202, 2016.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Children’s summer camps |
Czech Republic |
Participants: 497 |
Questionnaire |
Participation. Number of camps attended. Decision makers Source of information. Type of camp. Focus. Organizer. Camp length. Price. Accommodation. Satisfaction. |
Pilot study Data not representative of the target group. Sample limited to participants |
Kwok; Fowler; Yuan, 2010KWOK, Linchi; FOWLER, Deborah C.; YUAN, Jingxue. Summer camps as a means to recruit prospective college students. Event Management, v. 14, n. 2, p. 149-156, 2010.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Participants 58 |
Questionnaire |
Satisfaction Future Intentions |
Small sample size. Lack of theoretical contributions. Results do not explain the “how” and “why” of events. Sample limited to participants. |
Omelan et al., 2018OMELAN, Aneta A. et al. Summer camps from the perspective of participants and organisers. Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, v. 25, n. 4, p. 33-38, 2018.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
Poland |
Participants: 100 Camp Directors: 2 |
Questionnaire Interviews |
ParticipantsRecreational options. Participation. Frequency of participation. Reasons for participation. Who chooses the camp? Important factors in camp choice. Popular types of camps. Willingness to revisit. Reason for wanting to revisit. Camp Directors Important features to achieve participants satisfaction. |
Results of travel agents’ interviews not presented. Sample limited to participants. |
Walsh; Green; Cottingham, 2017WALSH, David W.; GREEN, B. Christine; COTTINGHAM, Michael. Exploring the efficacy of youth sport camps to build customer relationships. Leisure Studies, v. 36, n. 5, p. 657-669, 2017.
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Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Youth Sport Camps |
USA |
Parents: 70 |
Questionnaire |
Team identification. Brand attitudes. Organizational satisfaction. |
Small sample size. Limited to programmes of NBA teams. Sample limited to parents. |
Lehto et al., 2020 |
Consumer behaviour |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Oversea summer camp |
China |
Parents : 234 |
Quantitative: Questionnaire |
Push Factors: Social; Personal; Educational; and Cultural Benefits. Pull Factors: Summer camp destination: Educational Resources; Supporting Facilities and Services; Destination Attractions. Summer camp programs: Program Structure; Staff Quality; Program Image; Accommodation and Dining. Overall perceived attractiveness of summer camps
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Small sample size compared with the larger sample size available. Sample limited to parents. |
Dubin et al., 2020DUBIN, Alexsandra et al. Workplace fatigue within summer camp: Perspectives from camp health care providers and directors. Journal of Experiential Education, v. 43, n. 1, p. 71-87, 2020.
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Human Resources |
Primary |
Qualitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Staff: 29 camp health care professionals. |
Interview |
Workplace fatigue. Outcomes of workplace fatigue. Strategies to mitigate workplace fatigue. |
Convenience sample. Possible recall and self-report bias in data collection process. Sample not representative of nurses and directors at all camps. |
Ko et al., 2012KO, Clara et al. Burnout among summer camp staff supporting people with intellectual disability and aggression. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v. 50, n. 6, p. 479-485, 2012.
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Human Resources |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
Canada |
Staff: 169 camp employees |
Questionnaire |
Exposure to Aggression. Burnout. |
Pioneering study on exposure to aggression, thus there was no previous data available for comparison. Sample size: staff who responded only represented a proportion of all summer camp staff. The cross-sectional nature of the study does not infer causality. |
Lyons, 2003LYONS, Kevin D. Exploring the meanings of community among summer camp staff. World Leisure Journal, v. 45, n. 4, p. 55-61, 2003.
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Human Resources |
Primary |
Qualitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Staff: 1 Camp Director and 12 counsellors. |
Interview and observations. |
Camp Director Historical overview of the camp. Personal philosophy about the camp. Goals and objectives for counsellor orientation. Practices planned to achieve the objectives. Councellors Reflexion about orientation. Interactions, routines, and traditions experienced during orientation. Meaning of practices and experiences. Interactions, routines and traditions between counsellors and director. Interactions, routines, and traditions involving counsellors and participants. |
Sample limited to one camp. Results not generalizable. Sample composed by staff included in the community. |
McCole et al., 2012MCCOLE, Dan et al. The relationship between seasonal employee retention and sense of community: the case of summer camp employment. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, v. 30, n. 2, p. 85-101, 2012.
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Human Resources |
Primary |
Quantitative |
Summer Camp |
USA |
Staff: 12 counsellors. |
Interview |
Sense of Community Index Employee retention |
Only residential summer camps. Small sample size. Sense of Community only measured after the return decision had been made. |
Jefferies, 2005JEFFERIES, Steve. Promote healthy and active lifestyles: organize a physical education summer camp. Strategies, v. 19, n. 1, p. 26-28, 2005.
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Event Planning |
Conceptual |
Physical Education Summer camp |
USA |
N/A |
N/A |
Initial camp planning. Camp staff. Camp budget. Camp promotion and registration. Instructional. Groups and activities. Camp administration. |
No empirical analysis the proposed model. |
Walsh, 2011WALSH, David W. Strategies for developing a university-sponsored youth sports summer camp. The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, v. 82, n. 9, p. 24-50, 2011.
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Event Planning |
Conceptual |
Youth Sport Summer camp |
USA |
N/A |
N/A |
Meeting the university’s tripartite mission Navigating university bureaucracy Organizing and implementing a marketing strategy Hiring and managing employees Planning for risk management and safety |
No empirical analysis the proposed model. |
Henderson, 2018HENDERSON, Karla A. Camp research: What? So what? What’s next? Journal of Youth Development, v. 13, n. 1-2, p. 316-326, 2018.
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Camp Research |
Conceptual |
Camp |
N/A |
N /A |
N /A |
Role of theory. Address of social issues. Methodological imagination. Emerging audiences. Samples. Linking operations and outcomes research. Staff and youth development. Moving outcomes from what to how. Thoughtful and intentional implications for practice. |
No empirical analysis the proposed model. |
Henderson et al., 2007HENDERSON, Karla et al. Summer camp experiences: parental perceptions of youth development outcomes. Journal of Family Issues, v. 28, n. 8, p. 987-1007, 2007.
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Camp Research |
Conceptual |
Camp |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Importance of camp research. Challenges in conduct camp research. Camp study areas. |
No empirical analysis the proposed model. |