Health & Place, January 2012 Special Issue

The January 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 1) special issue of the journal Health & Place is devoted to Active Living Research.

This issue highlights includes papers selected from abstracts submitted for presentation at Active Living Research's eighth annual conference in February 2011. The theme of the 2011 annual conference was Partnerships for Progress in Active Living: From Research to Action.

Below you can find all articles contained in the 2012 Volume 18, Number 1 special issue.

Many of the papers in this issue have an accompanying article summary to aid in translating research results for non-scientific audiences.

Guest Editorial

• Partnerships for Progress in Active Living: From Research to Action
  JA Mendoza, J Salmon, & JF Sallis
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View Point

• Developing and Implementing the Active Design Guidelines in New York City
  KK Lee
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Full Papers

• The Impact of State Safe Routes to School-related Laws on Active Travel to School Policies and Practices in U.S. Elementary Schools
  JF Chriqui, DR Taber, SJ Slater, L Turner, KM Lowrey, & FJ Chaloupka
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• Program Practices and Demographic Factors Associated with Federal Funding for the Safe Routes to School Program in the United States
  AL Cradock, B Fields, JL Barrett, & S Melly
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• Impact of a Pilot Walking School Bus Intervention on Children's Pedestrian Safety Behaviors: A Pilot Study
  JA Mendoza, K Watson, T-A Chen, T Baranowski, TA Nicklas, DK Uscanga, & MJ Hanfling
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• School Sport Policy and School-based Physical Activity Environments and their Association with Observed Physical Activity in Middle School Children
  JN Bocarro, MA Kanters, E Cerin, MF Floyd, JM Casper, LJ Suau, & TL McKenzie
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• Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Family Fitness Zones: A Natural Experiment in Urban Public Parks
  DA Cohen, T Marsh, S Williamson, D Golinelli, & TL McKenzie
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• A Study of Community Design, Greenness, and Physical Activity in Children using Satellite, GPS and Accelerometer Data
  E Almanza, M Jerrett, GF Dunton, E Seto, & MA Pentz
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• Out and About: Association of the Built Environment with Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescent Females
  DA Rodriguez, G-H Cho, KR Evenson, TL Conway, DA Cohen, B Ghosh-Dastidar, JL Pickrel, S Veblen-Mortenson, & LA Lytle
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• Neighborhood Factors Influence Physical Activity among African American and Hispanic or Latina Women
  RE Lee, SK Mama, AV Medina, A Ho, & HJ Adamus
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• Hispanic Maternal and Children's Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety related to Walking and Cycling
  N Olvera, DW Smith, C Lee, J Liu, J Lee, S Kellam, & J-H Kim
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• Investigating the Impact of a Smart Growth Community on the Contexts of Children's Physical Activity using Ecological Momentary Assessment
  GF Dunton, SS Intille, J Wolch, & MA Pentz
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• Page Avenue Health Impact Assessment: Building on Diverse Partnerships and Evidence to Promote a Healthy Community
  CM Hoehner, J Rios, C Garmendia, S Baldwin, CM Kelly, D-M Knights, C Lesorogol, GG McClendon, & M Tranel
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Short Report

• Exploring Walking Differences by Socioeconomic Status using a Spatial Agent-based Model
  Y Yang, AV Diez Roux, AH Auchincloss, DA Rodriguez, & DG Brown
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Review Papers

• Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: What Have We Learned From Reviewing the Literature?
  D Ding & K Gebel
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• Toward Environments and Policies that Promote Injury-free Active Living—It Wouldn't Hurt
  KM Pollack, C Kercher, S Frattaroli, C Peek-Asa, D Sleet, & FP Rivara
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Viewpoints

• Diverse Viewpoints on Partnerships for Active Living Research and Action
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• How Blind Dates, Internet Dating, and Facebook can Inform the Building of Effective Organizational Partnerships
  J Lever
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• Active Living Research: Partnerships that Count
  B Giles-Corti & C Whitzman
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• The Role of Partnerships in Promoting Physical Activity: The Experience of Agita Sao Paulo
  V Matsudo
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