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Helmet Use Among Personal Bicycle Riders and Bike Share Users in Vancouver, BC by Zanotto, Moreno, Winters, Meghan L.

“…Public bike share users have low prevalence of helmet use, and few public bike share systems make helmets available. In summer 2016, a public bike share system…”
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“Benches become like porches”: Built and social environment influences on older adults’ experiences of mobility and well-being by Ottoni, Callista A., Sims-Gould, Joanie, Winters, Meghan, Heijnen, Myrthe, McKay, Heather A.

“…Neighbourhood environments significantly influence health and well-being, especially as people age. Our study uniquely highlights how one microscale feature…”
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Is the 15-minute city within reach? Evaluating walking and cycling accessibility to grocery stores in Vancouver by Hosford, Kate, Beairsto, Jeneva, Winters, Meghan

“…•The 15-minute city concept is within reach in the City of Vancouver.•Four fifths (79%) of residents had access to a grocery store within a 15-minute walk and…”
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Neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and walking for transportation: A cross-sectional study of older adults living on low income by Chudyk, Anna M, McKay, Heather A, Winters, Meghan, Sims-Gould, Joanie, Ashe, Maureen C

“…Walking, and in particular, outdoor walking, is the most common form of physical activity for older adults. To date, no study investigated the association…”
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(Dis)connected by design? Using participatory citizen science to uncover environmental determinants of social connectedness for youth in under-resourced neighbourhoods by Sones, Meridith, Holden, Meg, Kestens, Yan, King, Abby C, Rennie, Mimi, Winters, Meghan

“…Abstract Background Social isolation and loneliness are a growing public health concern. Inadequacies in neighbourhood social infrastructure can undermine…”
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Correcting Bias in Crowdsourced Data to Map Bicycle Ridership of All Bicyclists by Roy, Avipsa, Nelson, Trisalyn A., Fotheringham, A. Stewart, Winters, Meghan

“…Traditional methods of counting bicyclists are resource-intensive and generate data with sparse spatial and temporal detail. Previous research suggests big…”
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Negotiating connections, confinements, and neighbourhood places: Older adults’ everyday well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond by Ottoni, Callista A., Winters, Meghan, Sims-Gould, Joanie

“…•Material, relational, subjective, psychological, and environmental dimensions matter for well-being.•Home and neighbourhood characteristics were central to…”
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Riding through the pandemic: Using Strava data to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 on spatial patterns of bicycling by Fischer, Jaimy, Nelson, Trisalyn, Winters, Meghan

“…•Strava data were used evaluate changes in spatial patterns of bicycling during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.•In Vancouver, provisional street…”
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Who are the ‘super-users’ of public bike share? An analysis of public bike share members in Vancouver, BC by Winters, Meghan, Hosford, Kate, Javaheri, Sana

“…AbstractPublic bike share programs have been critiqued for serving those who already bicycle, or more well-off individuals who already have a multitude of…”
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Recruiting Participants for Population Health Intervention Research: Effectiveness and Costs of Recruitment Methods for a Cohort Study by Wasfi, Rania, Poirier Stephens, Zoe, Sones, Meridith, Laberee, Karen, Pugh, Caitlin, Fuller, Daniel, Winters, Meghan, Kestens, Yan

“…Public health research studies often rely on population-based participation and draw on various recruitment methods to establish samples. Increasingly,…”
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An economic analysis of the health-related benefits associated with bicycle infrastructure investment in three Canadian cities by Whitehurst, David G T, DeVries, Danielle N, Fuller, Daniel, Winters, Meghan

“…Decision-makers are increasingly requesting economic analyses on transportation-related interventions, but health is often excluded as a determinant of value…”
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Predicting walking-to-work using street-level imagery and deep learning in seven Canadian cities by Doiron, Dany, Setton, Eleanor M., Brook, Jeffrey R., Kestens, Yan, McCormack, Gavin R., Winters, Meghan, Shooshtari, Mahdi, Azami, Sajjad, Fuller, Daniel

“…New ‘big data’ streams such as street-level imagery are offering unprecedented possibilities for developing health-relevant data on the urban environment…”
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Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of community-based transportation services for older adults: Evidence from six case studies by Hosford, Kate, Pitman, Beverley, Winters, Meghan

“…•We conducted case studies on community-based transportation services for older adults.•Implementation is affected by challenges recruiting drivers and…”
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Rethinking walkability and developing a conceptual definition of active living environments to guide research and practice by Tobin, Melissa, Hajna, Samantha, Orychock, Kassia, Ross, Nancy, DeVries, Megan, Villeneuve, Paul J, Frank, Lawrence D, McCormack, Gavin R, Wasfi, Rania, Steinmetz-Wood, Madeleine, Gilliland, Jason, Booth, Gillian L, Winters, Meghan, Kestens, Yan, Manaugh, Kevin, Rainham, Daniel, Gauvin, Lise, Widener, Michael J, Muhajarine, Nazeem, Luan, Hui, Fuller, Daniel

“…Walkability is a popular term used to describe aspects of the built and social environment that have important population-level impacts on physical activity,…”
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The impact of transportation infrastructure on bicycling injuries and crashes: a review of the literature by Reynolds, Conor C O, Harris, M Anne, Teschke, Kay, Cripton, Peter A, Winters, Meghan

“…Bicycling has the potential to improve fitness, diminish obesity, and reduce noise, air pollution, and greenhouse gases associated with travel. However,…”
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The Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) Classification System: A common naming convention for cycling infrastructure by Winters, Meghan, Zanotto, Moreno, Butler, Gregory

“…There is no standard naming convention for cycling infrastructure across cities. Our aim was to develop a common nomenclature for cycling infrastructure in…”
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Changes in physical activity among Canadian adults more than 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis of the INTERACT cohort study by Sturrock, Shelby, Gesink, Dionne, Winters, Meghan, Kestens, Yan, Stanley, Kevin, Moineddin, Rahim, Woodruff, Sarah, Fuller, Daniel

“…ObjectiveTo estimate the effect of (a) the COVID-19 pandemic and (b) COVID-19 restriction stringency on daily minutes of device-measured moderate-to-vigorous…”
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Correction: An economic analysis of the health-related benefits associated with bicycle infrastructure investment in three Canadian cities by Whitehurst, David G T, DeVries, Danielle N, Fuller, Daniel, Winters, Meghan

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246419.]…”
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“I’m New to This”: Navigating Digitally Mediated Photovoice Methods to Enhance Research With Older Adults by Ottoni, Callista A., Winters, Meghan, Sims-Gould, Joanie

“…The COVID-19 pandemic forced a shift in long established participatory visual qualitative methods. Some researchers adapted photovoice— which traditionally…”
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Who is in the near market for bicycle sharing? Identifying current, potential, and unlikely users of a public bicycle share program in Vancouver, Canada by Hosford, Kate, Lear, Scott A, Fuller, Daniel, Teschke, Kay, Therrien, Suzanne, Winters, Meghan

“…Public bicycle share programs in many cities are used by a small segment of the population. To better understand the market for public bicycle share, this…”
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