City planning and population health: a global challenge

B Giles-Corti, A Vernez-Moudon, R Reis, G Turrell… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting
calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning …

Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities

M Stevenson, J Thompson, TH de Sá, R Ewing… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Using a health impact assessment framework, we estimated the population health effects
arising from alternative land-use and transport policy initiatives in six cities. Land-use …

Physical activity promotion and the United Nations sustainable development goals: building synergies to maximize impact

D Salvo, L Garcia, RS Reis… - … of physical activity …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Many of the known solutions to the physical inactivity pandemic operate across
sectors relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Methods …

Documentary research in the social sciences

M Tight - 2019 - torrossa.com
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Documentary Research in the Social Sciences Malcolm Tight Page 5 SAGE Publications …

Building a data platform for cross-country urban health studies: the SALURBAL study

DA Quistberg, AV Diez Roux, U Bilal, K Moore… - Journal of urban …, 2019 - Springer
Studies examining urban health and the environment must ensure comparability of
measures across cities and countries. We describe a data platform and process that …

[PDF][PDF] Avances en estudios observacionales de Ciencias del Deporte desde los mixed methods

MT Anguera, A Hernández-Mendo - Cuadernos de psicología del …, 2016 - revistas.um.es
Desde que se tornou um movimento emergente no final do século XX até o presente, os
mixed methods têm conquistado reconhecimento como uma abordagem de pesquisa …

Spatial pattern of leisure activities among residents in Beijing, China: Exploring the impacts of urban environment

Y Liu, Y Zhang, ST Jin, Y Liu - Sustainable cities and society, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper explores the spatial patterns of daily leisure activities by walking of Beijing
residents using 2010 Beijing Official Household Travel Survey and negative binomial …

Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice

R Pérez‐Escamilla, CK Lutter… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of
multisectoral, evidence‐based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy …

Pandemic-related streets transformations: Accelerating sustainable mobility transitions in Latin America

G Vecchio, I Tiznado-Aitken, R Mora-Vega - Case Studies on Transport …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic and the need for physical distancing in public spaces have
significant effects on sustainable mobility initiatives. Many cities around the world promoted …

Mind the gap: Gender differences in walkability, transportation and physical activity in urban India

D Adlakha, DC Parra - Journal of Transport & Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a key contributor for premature mortality in
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the well-documented health benefits of …