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Identifying urban built environment factors in pregnancy care and maternal mental health outcomes
BackgroundsRisk factors related to the built environment have been associated with women’s mental health and preventive care. This study sought to...
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Influence of Neighborhood Built Environments on the Outdoor Free Play of Young Children: a Systematic, Mixed-Studies Review and Thematic Synthesis
Urban environments shape early childhood exposures, experiences, and health behaviors, including outdoor free play, influencing the physical,...
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Patient Access, Utilization, and Perceptions of Neighborhood and Built Environment Resources
PurposeThere is a critical need to explore bariatric patients’ perceptions of existing neighborhood and built environment resources and supports to...
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Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Background and objectivesAlthough the positive influence of social activity on health is now well-established, a complex relationship exists among...
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Adolescent’s movement behaviors and built environment: a latent class analysis
BackgroundLatent class analysis (LCA) is an alternative and innovative approach to verify the relation of the various combinations of the constructed...
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Does the built environment have independent obesogenic power? Urban form and trajectories of weight gain
ObjectiveTo determine whether selected features of the built environment can predict weight gain in a large longitudinal cohort of adults.
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Childhood obesity inequality in northeast China: joint effect of social economic status and school neighborhood environment
BackgroundObesogenic environment is important in driving obesity epidemic. Children spend large amount of their time in schools. School neighborhood...
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The significance of the social and material environment to place attachment and quality of life: findings from a large population-based health survey
BackgroundThere is an international public health interest in sustainable environments that promote human wellbeing. An individual’s bond to places,...
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Walkability and urban built environments—a systematic review of health impact assessments (HIA)
BackgroundUrban environments are important determinants of human health. The term walkability summarizes features of the urban built environment that...
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An examination of the relationships between the neighborhood social environment, adiposity, and cardiometabolic disease risk in adolescence: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundDisadvantaged neighborhood environments are a source of chronic stress which undermines optimal adolescent health. This study investigated...
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Built-environment attributes associated with refugee children’s physical activity: a narrative review and research agenda
Research has identified built environmental attributes associated with children’s physical activity (PA); however, less is known for environmental...
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Map** and analysis of laws influencing built environments for walking and cycling in Australia
BackgroundPhysical inactivity is a significant public health concern, with limited signs of improvement despite a global commitment to achieving the...
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1 km of living area: age differences in the association between neighborhood environment perception and self-rated health among Chinese people
ObjectivesThis study aimed to explore the age differences in the relationship between neighborhood environment perception and self-rated health among...
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Evidencing built health system reconfiguration policy
BackgroundCurrent built health system reconfiguration evidence is insufficient to support policy decisions on the best settings for healthcare...
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Differential associations of the built environment on weight gain by sex and race/ethnicity but not age
ObjectiveTo explore the built environment (BE) and weight change relationship by age, sex, and racial/ethnic subgroups in adults.
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Health-Oriented Environmental Categories, Individual Health Environments, and the Concept of Environment in Public Health
The term ‘environment’ is not uniformly defined in the public health sciences, which causes crucial inconsistencies in research, health policy, and...
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Inclusive and intersectoral: community health improvement planning opportunities to advance the social determinants of health and health equity
BackgroundCommunity health improvement plans (CHIPs) are strategic planning tools that help local communities identify and address their public...
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Associations between the built environment and obesity: an umbrella review
BackgroundIn the past two decades, the built environment emerged as a conceptually important determinant of obesity. As a result, an abundance of...
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The built environment and asthma: Los Angeles case study
AimThis study aimed to identify urban characteristics that contribute to the incidence of asthma, applying various elements of built environment...
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Social participation in the city: exploring the moderating effect of walkability on the associations between active mobility, neighborhood perceptions, and social activities in urban adults
BackgroundLiving in urban environments is associated with several health risks (e.g., noise, and air pollution). However, there are also beneficial...
