Wave 1 results of the INTerventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) cohort study: Examining spatio-temporal measures for urban environments and health

Fuller, Daniel; Bell, Scott; Firth, Caislin L.; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Nelson, Trisalyn; Stanley, Kevin G.; Sones, Meridith; Smith, Jefferson M.; Thierry, Benoît; Laberee, Karen; Stephens, Zoe; Phillips, Kole; Kestens, Yan; Winters, Meghan

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102646

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“…Kytta et al [3] applied this approach of operationalizing wellbeing as a compound of perceived happiness, quality of life, and health. A similar approach was presented by Fuller et al [5]. Complementarily, McEwan et al [38] and Mackerron and Mourato [6] related the level of wellbeing with the degree of connectivity with nature, while Samuelsson et al [31], Kytta et al [3], and Chrisinger and King (2018) directly studied SWB in relation with urban environmental features.…”

Section: Subjective Wellbeing (Swb) and Urban Happinessmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…In this context, smartphones have become the key tool for activating a new peoplefocused sensor-networking paradigm, allowing citizens to become part of the urban sensing infrastructure [8] and effectively "instrumenting" the entire planet [19]. This technology, supported by GPS, microphones, or cameras, is probably the most efficient sensing device today based on its mobility and possibility to collect data directly from the field [5,7], which enables gathering a huge amount of information at a very low cost; therefore, smartphones are offering new platforms to overcome traditional constraints of participatory research, improving recruitment and opportunities for collecting and analyzing data [20,21].…”

Section: New Digital Platforms For Perceptual Assessment: From Ppgis ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eight articles within this literature review were associated with the concept of Subjective Wellbeing: Chrisinger and King [37]; Mackerron and Mourato [6]; Kyttä et al [3]; McEwan et al [38]; Katapally et al [20]; Samuelsson et al [31]; and Fuller et al [5].…”

Section: Subjective Wellbeing (Swb) and Urban Happinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Historically, given that quantitative indicators are easily measurable, most methodological approaches have resorted to objective indicators to measure the quality of urban environments [2]. In contrast, the specific ways in which the built environment contributes to citizens' experiences and wellbeing have rarely been studied [3][4][5].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Citizens’ Perception of the Built Environment throughout Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review

Chamy

Albert

2022

Urban Science

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(1) Background: To assess the quality of the built environment, it is necessary to study both the physical components and the inhabitants’ perceptions. However, since objective indicators are easily measurable, most studies have centered only on analyzing the physical dimensions of cities. Currently, the massification of information technology and the emergence of digital platforms are offering new participatory channels for studying citizens’ perceptions of the built environment. (2) Objective: considering the scarcity of the theoretical and methodological approaches supporting this new research, the main objective of this article is centered on contributing to the field by developing a scoping review of the publications assessing the perception of the built environment through digital platforms and concluding with a conceptual framework to support future research. (3) Methods: to do so, 98 articles were reviewed and 21 of them were selected and studied in detail after applying a selection criteria identifying papers that analyzed the urban environment (Criteria 1), used participatory processes (Criteria 2), were developed with the support of digital platforms (Criteria 3), and were centered on the study urban places, therefore excluding mobility (Criteria 4), which was done in order to identify the main theoretical and methodological approaches used for studying perception in the built environment. (4) Results: The research identified Audit Tools and Perception Tools to study citizens’ perceptions. Audit Tools are methodologically related to Systematic Social Observation (SSO). Perception Tools rely on transactional person–environment or Public Participation as the main theories, followed by Subjective Wellbeing (SWB), Physical Activity (PA), and Social Sustainability as fields where these studies are being applied. Participatory mapping is identified as a general methodology, considered the basic technical tool of Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS). Place-based and Citizens Science are other methodologies supporting perception research. (5) Conclusions: Finally, the proposed framework for assessing the perception of the built environment supports the notion that, in order to study perception, both subjective and objective approaches are necessary. The subjective approach supports the study of the self-reported perceived environment while the objective approach is used to collect urban structure data so as to understand the socio-environmental context conditioning the experience.

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Section: Subjective Wellbeing (Swb) and Urban Happinessmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: New Digital Platforms For Perceptual Assessment: From Ppgis ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Subjective Wellbeing (Swb) and Urban Happinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Citizens’ Perception of the Built Environment throughout Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review

Chamy

Albert

2022

Urban Science

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“…Participants enrolling in the mobile phone arm of the study were invited to download Ethica Data mobile application (cf. 3.2.1), used successfully in previous research projects [47]. Once installed and launched, the application passively monitors location and mobility (e.g., stationary, in vehicle, walking, or biking) using GPS data (1 minute of data collected every 5 minutes), physical activity (step counter), and social contacts (other smartphones), derived from listings of other Bluetooth discoverable devices in the participant’s surroundings [48].…”

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How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting our life, mental health, and well-being? Design and preliminary findings of the pan-Canadian longitudinal COHESION Study

Gabet

Thierry

Wasfi

et al. 2022

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With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person social interactions and opportunities for accessing resources that sustain health and well-being have drastically reduced. We therefore designed the pan-Canadian population-based prospective COVID-19: HEalth and Social Inequities across Neighbourhoods (COHESION) cohort to provide deeper understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic context affects mental health and well-being, key determinants of health, and health inequities. This paper presents the design of the two-phase COHESION Study, and descriptive results from the first phase conducted between May 2020 and September 2021. During that period, the COHESION research platform collected monthly data linked to COVID-19 such as infection and vaccination status, perceptions and attitudes regarding pandemic-related measures, and information on participants’ physical and mental health, well-being, sleep, loneliness, resilience, substances use, living conditions, social interactions, activities, and mobility. The 1,268 people enrolled in the Phase 1 COHESION Study are for the most part from Ontario (47%) and Quebec (33%), aged 48 ± 16 years [mean± standard deviation (SD)], and mainly women (78%), White (85%), with a university degree (63%), and living in large urban centers (70%). According to the 298 ± 68 (mean ± SD) prospective questionnaires completed each month in average, the first year of follow-up reveals significant temporal variations in standardized indexes of well-being, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. The COHESION Study will allow identifying trajectories of mental health and well-being while investigating their determinants and how these may vary by subgroup, over time, and across different provinces in Canada, in the unique context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities

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Rowland

Shearston

et al. 2022

Curr Envir Health Rpt

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Purpose of Review Evaluating the environmental health impacts of urban policies is critical for developing and implementing policies that lead to more healthy and equitable cities. This article aims to (1) identify research questions commonly used when evaluating the health impacts of urban policies at different stages of the policy process, (2) describe commonly used methods, and (3) discuss challenges, opportunities, and future directions. Recent Findings In the diagnosis and design stages of the policy process, research questions aim to characterize environmental problems affecting human health and to estimate the potential impacts of new policies. Simulation methods using existing exposure–response information to estimate health impacts predominate at these stages of the policy process. In subsequent stages, e.g., during implementation, research questions aim to understand the actual policy impacts. Simulation methods or observational methods, which rely on experimental data gathered in the study area to assess the effectiveness of the policy, can be applied at these stages. Increasingly, novel techniques fuse both simulation and observational methods to enhance the robustness of impact evaluations assessing implemented policies. Summary The policy process consists of interdependent stages, from inception to end, but most reviewed studies focus on single stages, neglecting the continuity of the policy life cycle. Studies assessing the health impacts of policies using a multi-stage approach are lacking. Most studies investigate intended impacts of policies; focusing also on unintended impacts may provide a more comprehensive evaluation of policies. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40572-022-00349-5.

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Wave 1 results of the INTerventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) cohort study: Examining spatio-temporal measures for urban environments and health

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Assessment of Citizens’ Perception of the Built Environment throughout Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review

Assessment of Citizens’ Perception of the Built Environment throughout Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review

How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting our life, mental health, and well-being? Design and preliminary findings of the pan-Canadian longitudinal COHESION Study

Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities

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