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A cluster analysis of physical activity profiles and resilience in intensive care nurses

scientific article published in 2022

A new approach for the analysis of accelerometer data measured on preschool children

scientific article

Accelerometer data reduction in adolescents: effects on sample retention and bias

scientific article

Accelerometer data treatment for adolescents: Fitting a piece of the puzzle.

scientific article

Accelerometry to Assess Preschooler's Free-Play: Issues with Count Thresholds and Epoch Durations

article by Melody Oliver et al published 15 October 2009 in Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Acceptability of standing workstations in elementary schools: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Access to bike lanes and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Adolescents’ School Travel and Unhealthy Snacking: Associations with School Transport Modes, Neighbourhood Deprivation, and Body Weight

scientific article published in 2022

An ethical framework for automated, wearable cameras in health behavior research

scientific article published in March 2013

An exploration of physical activity, nutrition, and body size in Pacific children.

scientific article published on September 2011

An integrated conceptual model of environmental needs for New Zealand children's active travel to school ⬇️

scholarly article

An integrated curriculum approach to increasing habitual physical activity in children: a feasibility study

scientific article published in February 2006

An overview and process evaluation of TeleWalk: a telephone-based counseling intervention to encourage walking in older adults

scientific article published on 15 May 2006

Are disadvantaged children more likely to be excluded from analysis when applying global positioning systems inclusion criteria?

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Assessment of direct and indirect associations between children active school travel and environmental, household and child factors using structural equation modelling

Association of neighbourhood residence and preferences with the built environment, work-related travel behaviours, and health implications for employed adults: findings from the URBAN study

scientific article published on 28 June 2012

Associations between Children’s Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environments Using GIS: A Secondary Analysis from a Systematic Scoping Review

scientific article published in 2022

Associations between breaks in sedentary time and body size in Pacific mothers and their children: findings from the Pacific Islands Families study.

scientific article published on 3 December 2012

Associations between children's independent mobility and physical activity.

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Associations between children׳s active travel and levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior

Associations between the neighbourhood built environment and out of school physical activity and active travel: An examination from the Kids in the City study.

scientific article

Associations of children's active school travel with perceptions of the physical environment and characteristics of the social environment: A systematic review

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Associations of children's independent mobility and active travel with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and weight status: a systematic review

scientific article published on 05 December 2012

Associations of the perceived and objective neighborhood environment with physical activity and sedentary time in New Zealand adolescents.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Body fatness, physical activity, and nutritional behaviours in Asian Indian immigrants to New Zealand.

scientific article published in January 2007

Built environment and physical activity in New Zealand adolescents: a protocol for a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Built environment associates of active school travel in New Zealand children and youth: A systematic meta-analysis using individual participant data

scientific article

Bus Stops Near Schools Advertising Junk Food and Sugary Drinks

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Can transport interventions contribute to health equity? A systematic review of whether the effects of transport interventions on major transport-related influences on health differ by ethnicity and socio-economic position

scientific article published in 2024

Children's Out-of-School Independently Mobile Trips, Active Travel, and Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional Examination from the Kids in the City Study

scientific article

Children's Transport Built Environments: A Mixed Methods Study of Associations between Perceived and Objective Measures and Relationships with Parent Licence for Independent Mobility in Auckland, New Zealand

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Children's physical activity and active travel: a cross-sectional study of activity spaces, sociodemographic and neighborhood associations

scientific article published in 2022

Children’s perceptions of their neighbourhoods during COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand

scientific article published in 2022

Cohort profile: a decade on and strong--the Pacific Islands Families Study

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Combining GPS, GIS, and accelerometry: methodological issues in the assessment of location and intensity of travel behaviors.

scientific article

Combining action research and grounded theory in health research: A structured narrative review

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of Actical and activPAL measures of sedentary behaviour in preschool children

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

Covid-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific: implications for children and families

scientific article published in 2021

Delineating the geographic context of physical activities: A systematic search and scoping review of the methodological approaches used in social ecological research over two decades

scientific article published in 2022

Deprivation matters: understanding associations between neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets, unhealthy dietary behaviours and child body size using structural equation modelling

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Describing objectively measured intensive care nurses' physical work activity behavioural patterns during a 12-hour shift

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Development and validation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth across six continents

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Differences in child-drawn and GIS-modelled routes to school: Impact on space and exposure to the built environment in Auckland, New Zealand

scholarly article

Disseminating research results to kids: practical tips from the Neighbourhoods for Active Kids study

scholarly article

Distance to School is Associated with Sedentary Time in Children: Findings from the URBAN Study

scientific article

Diverse approaches to conceptualising positive ageing: A scoping review

scientific article published in 2022

Effect of Telephone Counseling on Physical Activity for Low-Active Older People in Primary Care: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Effects of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Suburban Street Retrofit on Traffic Speed and Volume: Controlled Before-After Study

scientific article published in 2022

Enabling participation for disabled young people: study protocol

scientific article

Environmental and socio-demographic associates of children's active transport to school: a cross-sectional investigation from the URBAN Study

scientific article

Examining commute routes: applications of GIS and GPS technology

scientific article

Examining the transport to school patterns of New Zealand adolescents by home-to-school distance and settlement types

scientific article published in May 2023

Factors related to accelerometer-derived physical activity in Pacific children aged 6 years

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Healthy Streets: Adopting International Benchmarks in Medium Density Cities

scientific article published in 2021

How Street Quality Influences the Walking Experience: A Naturalistic Inquiry into the Perceptions of Adults with Diverse Ages and Disabilities

scientific article published in 2021

Improving spatial data in health geographics: a practical approach for testing data to measure children's physical activity and food environments using Google Street View

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

Junk food, sugary drinks and XL portion sizes: advertising on convenience stores near primary schools in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

scientific article published in 2022

Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children's school travel behaviour

scientific article published on 1 October 2020

Kids in the city study: research design and methodology.

scientific article

Linking GPS and travel diary data using sequence alignment in a study of children's independent mobility

scientific article

Measuring children's independent mobility: comparing objective and self-report approaches

article

Measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviors in women with young children: a systematic review

scientific article published on June 21, 2011

Mobility Injustice and Disabled Young People: Appropriating the Swiss Cheese Model ⬇️

scholarly article

More-Than-Human: A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring Children’s Perceptions of Health and Health-Promoting Neighbourhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand

Neighbourhood built environment associations with body size in adults: mediating effects of activity and sedentariness in a cross-sectional study of New Zealand adults

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Neighbourhoods for Active Kids: study protocol for a cross-sectional examination of neighbourhood features and children's physical activity, active travel, independent mobility and body size

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Objective measurement of children's physical activity geographies: A systematic search and scoping review

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Objectively-measured physical activity in New Zealand workers

scientific article published in June 2005

Pacific Islands Families Study: Physical growth to age 14 and metabolic risk

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Pacific Islands Families: Child and Parental Physical Activity and Body Size--design and methodology.

scientific article published on 3 July 2009

Parent influences on preschoolers' objectively assessed physical activity

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

Parental perceptions of their child's weight and future concern: the Pacific Islands Families Study

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Pedometer accuracy in physical activity assessment of preschool children

scientific article published on 05 September 2006

Perceived barriers and incentives to increased physical activity for Pacific mothers in New Zealand: findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study

scientific article published on 7 March 2011

Personal and work-related factors associated with nurse resilience: A systematic review

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Physical activity and personal factors associated with nurse resilience in intensive care units

scientific article published on 23 May 2020

Physical activity in New Zealand preschoolers: amount, associations, and accounts

2008 doctoral thesis by Melody Oliver at Auckland University of Technology

Physical activity in preschoolers: understanding prevalence and measurement issues

scientific article published on January 2007

Physical activity, sedentariness, and body fatness in a sample of 6-year-old Pacific children

scientific article

Portable global positioning system receivers: static validity and environmental conditions

scientific article published on February 2013

Prevalence of New Zealand Children and Adolescents Achieving Current Physical Activity and Television Watching Recommendations ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Recommendations for Virtual Qualitative Health Research During a Pandemic

scientific article published in 2021

Recruitment and retention of children in behavioral health risk factor studies: REACH strategies

scientific article published on January 2014

Report Card Grades on the Physical Activity of Children and Youth Comparing 30 Very High Human Development Index Countries

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Results From New Zealand's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

scientific article published in November 2016

Results from Aotearoa New Zealand's 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: A call to address inequities in health-promoting activities

Results from New Zealand's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

scientific article

Results from New Zealand's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

scientific article published on 1 November 2018

Social and built-environment factors related to children's independent mobility: The importance of neighbourhood cohesion and connectedness.

scientific article

Socio-environmental factors associated with active school travel in children at ages 6 and 8 years

Socio-environmental factors associated with shifts in children's travel mode between 6 and 8 years

Sociodemographic and Built Environment Associates of Travel to School by Car among New Zealand Adolescents: Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (ISLE-ReSt) statement

scientific article published on 4 December 2019

Street connectivity, physical activity, and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Suburb-level changes for active transport to meet the SDGs: Causal theory and a New Zealand case study

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport - an update and new findings on health equity

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Te Ara Mua - Future Streets suburban street retrofit: A researcher-community-government co-design process and intervention outcomes

scholarly article

Te Ara Mua – Future Streets: Can a streetscape upgrade designed to increase active travel change residents’ perceptions of neighbourhood safety?

scientific article published in 2022

Te Ara Mua –Future Streets: Knowledge exchange and the highs and lows of researcher-practitioner collaboration to design active travel infrastructure

scholarly article published in June 2018

The Association between Green Space and Adolescents' Mental Well-Being: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

The Importance of Pedestrian Network Connectivity for Adolescent Health: A Cross-sectional Examination of Associations between Neighbourhood Built Environments and Metabolic Health in the Pacific Islands Families Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

The Pathway to Behaviour Change: Preliminary Findings from Te Ara Mua – Future Streets (High Scoring Researcher Abstract Award Sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers)

scientific article published in 2019

The development of a model of community garden benefits to wellbeing

scientific article

The future of the Pacific Islands Families Study: a future with unlimited potential.

scientific article published on September 2011

Travel to school patterns and perceptions of walking to school in New Zealand adolescents before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published in May 2024

Trends and measurement issues for active transportation in New Zealand's physical activity report cards for children and youth ⬇️

scholarly article

Understanding children’s perceptions of, and priorities for, healthy neighbourhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand: study protocol for a cross-sectional study

scientific article published in 2021

Understanding the Relationship between Activity and Neighbourhoods (URBAN) Study: research design and methodology

scientific article

Urban green space and mental well-being of Aotearoa New Zealand adolescents: A path analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Using the SenseCam to improve classifications of sedentary behavior in free-living settings.

scientific article

Using wearable cameras to categorise type and context of accelerometer-identified episodes of physical activity

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Utility of accelerometer thresholds for classifying sitting in office workers.

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

Utility of passive photography to objectively audit built environment features of active transport journeys: an observational study.

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Viewing obesogenic advertising in children's neighbourhoods using Google Street View

scientific article published in 2018

Visualising Combined Time Use Patterns of Children's Activities and Their Association with Weight Status and Neighbourhood Context

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

What Contributes to High Rates of Active School Travel? Perspectives of Exemplar Schools in New Zealand

scholarly article published in June 2018

What are the associations between neighbourhood walkability and sedentary time in New Zealand adults? The URBAN cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 22 October 2017

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