Search Results - "Matthews, Stephen A."

How many days of global positioning system (GPS) monitoring do you need to measure activity space environments in health research? by Zenk, Shannon N., Matthews, Stephen A., Kraft, Amber N., Jones, Kelly K.

“…This study examined the number of days of global positioning system (GPS) monitoring needed to measure attributes of an individual's routine activity space…”
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Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study by Zenk, Shannon N., Schulz, Amy J., Matthews, Stephen A., Odoms-Young, Angela, Wilbur, JoEllen, Wegrzyn, Lani, Gibbs, Kevin, Braunschweig, Carol, Stokes, Carmen

“…This study examined relationships among individual demographics, environmental features (e.g., fast food outlet density, park land use) of residential…”
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Where to place emergency ambulance vehicles: use of a capacitated maximum covering location model with real call data by Hashtarkhani, Soheil, A Matthews, Stephen, Yin, Ping, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Tara, Mahmood, Kiani, Behzad

“…This study integrates geographical information systems (GIS) with a mathematical optimization technique to enhance emergency medical services (EMS) coverage in…”
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Beyond the Census Tract: Patterns and Determinants of Racial Segregation at Multiple Geographic Scales by Lee, Barrett A., Firebaugh, Glenn, Matthews, Stephen A., Reardon, Sean F., Farrell, Chad R., O'Sullivan, David

“…The census tract-based residential segregation literature rests on problematic assumptions about geographic scale and proximity. We pursue a new tract-free…”
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Gap analysis in decision support systems for real-estate in the era of the digital earth by Rabiei-Dastjerdi, Hamidreza, McArdle, Gavin, Matthews, Stephen A., Keenan, Peter

“…Searching for a property is inherently a multicriteria spatial decision. The decision is primarily based on three high-level criteria composed of household…”
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Thinking About Place, Spatial Behavior, and Spatial Processes in Childhood Obesity by Matthews, Stephen A., PhD

“…Introduces a special journal section dedicated to the subject of 'Geographic Information Systems and Childhood Obesity'. The piece focuses on geography's place…”
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Death by Segregation: Does the Dimension of Racial Segregation Matter? by Yang, Tse-Chuan, Matthews, Stephen A

“…The county-level geographic mortality differentials have persisted in the past four decades in the United States (US). Though several socioeconomic factors…”
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The geography of sentiment towards the Women’s March of 2017 by Felmlee, Diane H, Blanford, Justine I, Matthews, Stephen A, MacEachren, Alan M

“…The Women's March of 2017 generated unprecedented levels of participation in the largest, single day, protest in history to date. The marchers protested the…”
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The Geographic Scale of Metropolitan Racial Segregation by Reardon, Sean F., Matthews, Stephen A., O'Sullivan, David, Lee, Barrett A., Firebaugh, Glenn, Farrell, Chad R., Bischoff, Kendra

“…This article addresses an aspect of racial residential segregation that has been largely ignored in prior work: the issue of geographic scale. In some…”
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Future Blood Debt: Projecting Blood Supply and Demand of Korea Based on Subnational Population Projections (2021-2050) by Kim, Oh Seok, Ji, Sunghwan, Jung, Hee-Won, Matthews, Stephen A, Cha, Young Joo, Moon, Sung Do, Kim, KeeWhan

“…South Korea faces a critical challenge with its rapidly declining fertility rates and an increasingly aging population, which significantly impacts the…”
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The legacy of slavery and contemporary declines in heart disease mortality in the U.S. South by Kramer, Michael R, Black, Nyesha C, Matthews, Stephen A, James, Sherman A

“…This study aims to characterize the role of county-specific legacy of slavery in patterning temporal (i.e., 1968-2014), and geographic (i.e., Southern…”
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Urban Poverty and Neighborhood Effects on Crime: Incorporating Spatial and Network Perspectives by Graif, Corina, Gladfelter, Andrew S., Matthews, Stephen A.

“…Research on neighborhoods and crime is on a remarkable growth trajectory. In this article, we survey important recent developments in the scholarship on…”
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One-year spatiotemporal database of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) calls in Mashhad, Iran: data on 224,355 EMS calls by Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Eslami, Saeid, Tara, Mahmood, Matthews, Stephen A

“…Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is the first point of service for the people who are in critical condition and in need of urgent health care. In Iran, as in…”
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New neighborhood grocery store increased awareness of food access but did not alter dietary habits or obesity by Cummins, Steven, Flint, Ellen, Matthews, Stephen A

“…National and local policies to improve diet in low-income US populations include increasing physical access to grocery stores and supermarkets in underserved…”
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Convergent validity of an activity-space survey for use in health research by Zenk, Shannon N., Kraft, Amber N., Jones, Kelly K., Matthews, Stephen A.

“…We explored the validity of a survey measuring activity spaces for use in health research in a racially/ethnically diverse adult sample (n = 86) living in four…”
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Resisting Amnesia: Renewing and Expanding the Study of Suburban Inequality by LEWIS-MCCOY, R. L’HEUREUX, WARIKOO, NATASHA, MATTHEWS, STEPHEN A., FOLEY, NADIRAH FARAH

“…Suburban inequality is the focus of this double issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. This introduction addresses the…”
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Spatio-temporal epidemiology of emergency medical requests in a large urban area. A scan-statistic approach by Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Dehghan-Tezerjani, Mohammad, Samimi, Tahereh, Tara, Mahmood, Matthews, Stephen A.

“…Pre-hospital care is provided by emergency medical services (EMS) staff, the initial health care providers at the scene of disaster. This study aimed to…”
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Geography of Adolescent Obesity in the U.S., 2007−2011 by Kramer, Michael R., PhD, Raskind, Ilana G., MSc, Van Dyke, Miriam E., MPH, Matthews, Stephen A., PhD, Cook-Smith, Jessica N., MPH, PA-C

“…Introduction Obesity remains a significant threat to the current and long-term health of U.S. adolescents. The authors developed county-level estimates of…”
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Work Group II: Using Geographic Information Systems for Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight by Matthews, Stephen A., PhD, Moudon, Anne Vernez, Dr. es Sc, Daniel, Mark, PhD, MSc

“…Abstract Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was a theme for one of the four workgroups convened for the Measures of the Food and Built Environment meeting…”
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Protocol for a cross sectional study of cancer risk, environmental exposures and lifestyle behaviors in a diverse community sample: the Community of Mine study by Jankowska, Marta M, Sears, Dorothy D, Natarajan, Loki, Martinez, Elena, Anderson, Cheryl A M, Sallis, James F, Matthews, Stephen A, Crist, Katie, Dillon, Lindsay, Johnson, Eileen, Barrera-Ng, Angelica, Full, Kelsey, Godbole, Suneeta, Kerr, Jacqueline

“…Physical inactivity and unhealthy diet are modifiable behaviors that lead to several cancers. Biologically, these behaviors are linked to cancer through…”
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