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Direct and Indirect Associations Between the Built Environment and Leisure and Utilitarian Walking in Older Women by Troped, Philip J., Tamura, Kosuke, McDonough, Meghan H., Starnes, Heather A., James, Peter, Ben-Joseph, Eran, Cromley, Ellen, Puett, Robin, Melly, Steven J., Laden, Francine

“…Background The built environment predicts walking in older adults, but the degree to which associations between the objective built environment and walking for…”
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Relationships between the built environment and walking and weight status among older women in three U.S. States by Troped, Philip J, Starnes, Heather A, Puett, Robin C, Tamura, Kosuke, Cromley, Ellen K, James, Peter, Ben-Joseph, Eran, Melly, Steven J, Laden, Francine

“…There are few studies of built environment associations with physical activity and weight status among older women in large geographic areas that use…”
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Spatial clustering of physical activity and obesity in relation to built environment factors among older women in three U.S. states by Tamura, Kosuke, Puett, Robin C, Hart, Jaime E, Starnes, Heather A, Laden, Francine, Troped, Philip J

“…Identifying spatial clusters of chronic diseases has been conducted over the past several decades. More recently these approaches have been applied to physical…”
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Factorial validity of an abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for seniors in the Nurses’ Health Study by Starnes, Heather A, McDonough, Meghan H, Tamura, Kosuke, James, Peter, Laden, Francine, Troped, Philip J

“…BACKGROUND: Using validated measures of individuals’ perceptions of their neighborhood built environment is important for accurately estimating effects on…”
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Factorial Invariance of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale among Senior Women in the Nurses' Health Study Cohort by Starnes, Heather A., McDonough, Meghan H., Wilson, Jeffrey S., Mroczek, Daniel K., Laden, Francine, Troped, Philip J.

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the factorial invariance of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS-A) across subgroups based…”
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Trails and physical activity: a review by Starnes, Heather A, Troped, Philip J, Klenosky, David B, Doehring, Angela M

“…To provide a synthesis of research on trails and physical activity from the public health, leisure sciences, urban planning, and transportation literatures. A…”
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Abstract MP41: Comparisons of Built Environment Characteristics Inside and Outside of Spatial Clusters of Physical Activity and Obesity in Older U.S. Women by Tamura, Kosuke, Puett, Robin C, Hart, Jaime E, Starnes, Heather A, Laden, Francine, Troped, Philip J

“…Abstract only Introduction: Spatial clustering methods have been applied to cancer for over a decade. These methods have been used in studies on physical…”
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Invariance Tests of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale by Starnes, Heather A, McDonough, Meghan H, Laden, Francine, Troped, Philip J

“…To test for factorial invariance of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (ANEWS) across subgroups based on individual and neighborhood…”
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Tests and development of perceived and objective built environment measures for physical activity research by Starnes, Heather A

“…In the first study, a commonly used measure of perceived neighborhood environment walkability was tested for factorial invariance by demographic, behavioral,…”
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