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Comparing different data sources by examining the associations between surrounding greenspace and children's weight status
Studies on the association between surrounding greenspace and being overweight in childhood show inconsistent results, possibly because they differ widely in their definition and measurement of surrounding gre... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yusheng Zhou, Thomas von Lengerke and Maren Dreier Tags: Research Source Type: research

Context-aware heatstroke relief station placement and route optimization for large outdoor events
Heatstroke is becoming an increasingly serious threat to outdoor activities, especially, at the time of large events organized during summer, including the Olympic Games or various types of happenings in amuse... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yan Wu, Tianqi Xia, Adam Jatowt, Haoran Zhang, Xiao Feng, Ryosuke Shibasaki and Kyoung-Sook Kim Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Efficiency of fine scale and spatial regression in modelling associations between healthcare service spatial accessibility and their utilization
Healthcare accessibility, a key public health issue, includes potential (spatial accessibility) and realized access (healthcare utilization) dimensions. Moreover, the assessment of healthcare service potential... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fei Gao, Clara languille, Khalil karzazi, M élanie Guhl, Baptiste Boukebous and Séverine Deguen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Effect and significance of incorporating access in estimating the number of required physicians: focus on differences in population density in the target area
Geographical imbalances in the health workforce, particularly the shortage of health care workers in rural areas, is an issue of social and political concern in most countries. Estimating the number of require... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Soichi Koike and Masatoshi Matsumoto Tags: Research Source Type: research

Feelings of safety during daytime walking: associations with mental health, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in high vacancy, low-income neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan
Individuals living in low-income neighborhoods have disproportionately high rates of obesity, Type-2 diabetes, and cardiometabolic conditions. Perceived safety in one ’s neighborhood may influence stress and ph... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amber L. Pearson, Kimberly A. Clevenger, Teresa H. Horton, Joseph C. Gardiner, Ventra Asana, Benjamin V. Dougherty and Karin A. Pfeiffer Tags: Research Source Type: research

High-resolution age-specific mapping of the two-week illness prevalence rate based on the National Health Services Survey and geostatistical analysis: a case study in Guangdong province, China
The two-week illness prevalence rate is an important and comparable indicator of health service needs. High-spatial-resolution, age-specific risk mapping of this indicator can provide valuable information for ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chuchun Wen, Xiaoliang Huang, Lifen Feng, Long Chen, Wei Hu, Yingsi Lai and Yuantao Hao Tags: Research Source Type: research

Cycling in one of the most polluted cities in the world: Exposure to noise and air pollution and potential adverse health impacts in Delhi
In India, many cities struggle with extreme levels of air pollution and noise. Delhi, in particular, has the notorious reputation of being one of the most polluted cities in the world. Cyclists constitute a pa... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - April 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Philippe Apparicio, J érémy Gelb, Vincent Jarry and Élaine Lesage-Mann Tags: Research Source Type: research

Examining the diffusion of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in a metropolis: a space syntax approach
The urban built environment (BE) has been globally acknowledged as one of the main factors that affects the spread of infectious disease. However, the effect of the street network on coronavirus disease 2019 (... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - April 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yepeng Yao, Wenzhong Shi, Anshu Zhang, Zhewei Liu and Shuli Luo Tags: Research Source Type: research

The good, the bad, and the environment: developing an area-based measure of access to health-promoting and health-constraining environments in New Zealand
Accounting for the co-occurrence of multiple environmental influences is a more accurate reflection of population exposure than considering isolated influences, aiding in understanding the complex interactions... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - April 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lukas Marek, Matthew Hobbs, Jesse Wiki, Simon Kingham and Malcolm Campbell Tags: Research Source Type: research

A method for estimating neighborhood characterization in studies of the association with availability of sit-down restaurants and supermarkets
Although neighborhood-level access to food differs by sociodemographic factors, a majority of research on neighborhoods and food access has used a single construct of neighborhood context, such as income or ra... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ke Peng, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Jana A. Hirsch and Penny Gordon-Larsen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Locational privacy-preserving distance computations with intersecting sets of randomly labeled grid points
We introduce and study a recently proposed method for privacy-preserving distance computations which has received little attention in the scientific literature so far. The method, which is based on intersectin... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rainer Schnell, Jonas Klingwort and James M. Farrow Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

sparrpowR: a flexible R package to estimate statistical power to identify spatial clustering of two groups and its application
Cancer epidemiology studies require sufficient power to assess spatial relationships between exposures and cancer incidence accurately. However, methods for power calculations of spatial statistics are complic... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ian D. Buller, Derek W. Brown, Timothy A. Myers, Rena R. Jones and Mitchell J. Machiela Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Smart city lifestyle sensing, big data, geo-analytics and intelligence for smarter public health decision-making in overweight, obesity and type 2 diabetes prevention: the research we should be doing
The public health burden caused by overweight, obesity (OO) and type-2 diabetes (T2D) is very significant and continues to rise worldwide. The causation of OO and T2D is complex and highly multifactorial rathe... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maged N. Kamel Boulos and Keumseok Koh Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Geographical variation and clustering are found in atrial fibrillation beyond socioeconomic differences: a Danish cohort study, 1987 –2015
The prevalence and incidence rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) increase worldwide and AF is a risk factor for more adverse cardiovascular diseases including stroke. Approximately 44% of AF cases cannot be expla... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kirstine Wodschow, Kristine Bihrmann, Mogens Lytken Larsen, Gunnar Gislason and Annette Kj ær Ersbøll Tags: Research Source Type: research

Propensity score matching for multilevel spatial data: accounting for geographic confounding in health disparity studies
Diabetes is a public health burden that disproportionately affects military veterans and racial minorities. Studies of racial disparities are inherently observational, and thus may require the use of methods s... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - February 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Melanie L. Davis, Brian Neelon, Paul J. Nietert, Lane F. Burgette, Kelly J. Hunt, Andrew B. Lawson and Leonard E. Egede Tags: Research Source Type: research