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- 1Crick, Katelynn C.
- 1Johnson, Jeffrey A.
- 1McGetrick, Jennifer Ann
- 1Plotnikoff, Ronald C.
- 1Raine, Kim D.
- 2Health promotion
- 1Alberta, Canada
- 1Built environment
- 1Chronic disease
- 1Geographic mapping
- 1Knowledge exchange
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2016
Crick, Katelynn C., Johnson, Jeffrey A., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Highlights: Physical inactivity linked to chronic disease can be addressed by increasing walking. Understanding walkability can support health promotion policies and interventions. Walk Score® provides a uniquely accessible and generalizable metric for walkability. Walk Score® has been validated...
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Creating Neighbourhood Groupings Based on Built Environment Features to Facilitate Health Promotion Activities
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VanSpronsen, Eric, Plotnikoff, Ronald C., Vallianatos, Helen, Schopflocher, Donald, Raine, Kim D., Spence, John C., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
OBJECTIVES: Detailed assessments of the built environment often resist data reduction and summarization. This project sought to develop a method of reducing built environment data to an extent that they can be effectively communicated to researchers and community stakeholders. We aim to help in...