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The IPEN Adult study is a ground-breaking international study with data collected from 17 cities across 12 countries. The Coordinating Center is now supported by the Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University (The Behaviour, Environment and Cognition Research Program).
Engagement in regular physical activity has a large range of health benefits. The built environment can often have a widespread and long-lasting impact on an individual's engagement in physical activity. To accurately assess the strength of association of the built environment with physical activity and weight status, greater environmental variability is required than more than one country can provide. IPEN Adult gathers comparable data from multiple countries, using a common research protocol, to achieve two primary aims:
Results from the IPEN studies can be used to help inform evidence based international and country specific urban planning and physical activity policies that can improve individuals physical activity and health.
Please visit the main IPEN website for more detail about IPEN Adult.
To The IPEN Adult study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute (CA127296) 2009 to 2014. The NIH grant supported the Coordinating Center at UC San Diego (initially at San Diego State University) and data collection in several countries. Other countries were successful in obtaining internal funding for their data collection. .
(ACU-affiliated in bold)
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
COLOMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
HONG KONG
MEXICO
NEW ZEALAND
SPAIN
UK
US Coordinating Centre - Australian Catholic University and UC San Diego
*Denotes principal investigator
Steering Committee
Jim Sallis (chair), Marc Adams, Ester Cerin, Terry Conway, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Larry Frank, Jacqueline Kerr, Neville Owen and Takemi Sugiyama
Publication Committee
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij (chair: until March 2018), Hannah Badland, Kelli Cain, Ester Cerin (chair: from March 2018), Terry Conway, Rachel Davey, Neville Owen, Jim Sallis, Jasper Schipperijn
Chief analyst
Ester Cerin
Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., DeBourdeaudhuij, I., Cerin, E., Frank, L., Reis, R., Fromel, K., Mitáš, J., Troelsen, J., MacFarlane, D., Salvo, D., Schofield, G., Badland, H., Guileen-Grima, F., Davey, R., Bauman, A., Saelens, B., Riddoch, C., Ainsworth, B., Pratt, M., Schimd, T., Adams, M., Conway, T., Cain, K., Van Dyke, D., and Bracy, N. (2013). Advancing science and policy through a coordinated international study of physical activity and built environments: IPEN methods. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, 581-601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.10.4.581
Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Kerr, J., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Reis, R.S., Sarmiento, O.L., Hinckson, E.A., Salvo, D., Christiansen, L.B., MacFarlane, D.J., Davey, R., Mitas, J., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., and Sallis, J.F. (2013). Sharing good NEWS across the world: Developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS). BMC Public Health, 13:309. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-309. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/309 PMCID: PMC3642009.
Adams, M.A., Frank, L.D., Schipperijn, J., Smith, G., Chapman, J., Christiansen, L.B., Coffee, N., Salvo, D., du Toit, L., Jan Dygrýn, J., Hino, A.A.F., Lai, P-C., Mavoa, S., Pinzón, J.D., Van de Weghe, N., Cerin, E., Davey, R., Macfarlane, D., Owen, N., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). International variation in neighborhood walkability, transit, and recreation environments using Geographic Information Systems: The IPEN Adult Study. International Journal of Health Geographics, 13:43. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-43. http://ij-healthgeographics.com/content/13/1/43
Sugiyama, T., Cerin, E., Owen, N., Oyeyemi, A.L., Conway, T.L., Van Dyck, D., Schipperijn, J., Macfarlane, D.J., Salvo, D., Reis, R.S., Mitáš, J., Sarmiento, O.L., Davey, R., Schofield, G., Orzanco-Garralda, R., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Perceived neighborhood environment attributes associated with adults' recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries. Health and Place, 28, 22-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.003
Cerin, E., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Van Dyck, D., Hinckson, E., Schipperijn, J., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Davey, R.C., Hino, A.A.F., Mitáš, J., Orzanco-Garralda, R., Salvo, D., Sarmiento, O.L., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Schofield, G., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Neighborhood environments and objectively measured physical activity in 11 countries. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(12), 2253-2264. Published online April 28, 2014. PubMed PMID: 24781892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000367
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Hinckson, E., Reis, R.S., Davey, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Mitáš, J., Troelsen, J., Macfarlane, D., Salvo, D., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Owen, N., Cain, K.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). International study of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with body mass index and obesity: IPEN Adult study. International Journal of Obesity, 39, 199-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.115
De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Van Dyck, D., Salvo, D., Davey, R., Reis, R.S., Schofield, G., Sarmiento, O.L., Mitáš, J., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Sugiyama, T., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Owen, N., Conway, T.L., Sallis, J.F., and Cerin, E. (2015). International study of perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes and Body Mass Index: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12: 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0228-yhttp://www.ijbnpa.org/content/pdf/s12966-015-0228-y.pdf
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Salvo, D., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Owen, N., Mitáš, J., Troelsen, J., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Davey, R., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Schofield, G., Conway, T.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN Adult study. Health and Place, 36, 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.007http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26454247
Kerr, J., Emond, J.A., Badland, H., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O., Carlson, J., Sallis, J.F., Cerin, E., Cain, K., Conway, T., Schofield, G., Macfarlane, D.J., Christiansen, L.B., Van Dyck, D., Davey, R., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Salvo, D., Sugiyama, T., Owen, N., Mitáš, J., and Natarajan, L. (2016). Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with walking and cycling for transport among adult residents of 17 cities in 12 countries: The IPEN study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(3), 290-298. Posted online July 17, 2015. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409466. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1409466/ (open access)
Christiansen, L.B., Cerin, E., Badland, H., Kerr, J., Davey, R., Troelsen, J., Van Dyck, D., Mitáš, J., Schofield, G., Sugiyama, T., Salvo, D., Sarmiento, O., Reis, R., Adams, M., Frank, L., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN adult study Journal of Transport and Health. Posted online March 21, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.02.010
Sallis, J.F., Cerin, E.,Conway, T.L., Adams, M.A., Frank, L.D., Pratt, M., Salvo, D., Schipperijn, J., Smith, G., Cain, K.L., Davey, R., Kerr, J., Lai, P-C., Mitáš, J., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Schofield, G., Troelsen, J., Van Dyck, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Owen, N. (2016). Urban environments in 14 cities worldwide are related to physical activity. The Lancet, 387(no. 10034), 2207-2217. Released online April 1, 2016. Open access: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01284-2/fulltext?elsca1=etoc.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01284-2
http://activelivingresearch.org/blog/2016/03/designing-global-cities-active-living
Shortened link: http://bit.ly/253e4dA
Comment by Goenka and Andersen: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00348-2
Twitter hashtag: #GlobalActiveCities
Cerin, E.,Cain, K.L., Oyeyemi, A., Owen, N., Conway, T.L., Cochrane, T., van Dyck, D., Schipperijn, J., Mitaš, J., Toftager, M., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). Correlates of agreement between accelerometry and self-reported physical activity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; 48(6):1075-84. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000870. http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000870
Frank, L.D., Fox, E.H., Ulmer, J.M., Chapman, J.E., Kershaw, S.E., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Cerin, E.,Cain, K.L., Adams, M.A., Smith, G.R., Hinckson, E., Mavoa, S., Christiansen, L.B., Hino, A.A., Lopes, A., and Schipperijn, J. (2017). International comparison of observation-specific spatial buffers: Maximizing the ability to estimate physical activity. International Journal of Health Geographics, 16(4). DOI: 10.1186/s12942-017-0077-9. Open access: https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12942-017-0077-9
Cerin, E., Mitáš, J., Cain, K.L.,Conway, T.L., Adams, M., Schofield, G., Sarmiento, O.L., Reis, R.S., Schipperijn, J., Davey, R., Salvo, D., Orzanco-Garralda, R., Macfarlane, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Sallis, J.F., and Van Dyck, D. (2017). Do associations of objectively-assessed physical activity with neighbourhood environment attributes vary by time of the day and day of the week? IPEN Adult Study International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:34. Open access: https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-017-0493-z DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0493-z
Schipperijn, J., Cerin, E., Adams, M.A., Reis, R., Smith, G., Cain, K., Christiansen, L.B., van Dyck, D., Gidlow, C., Frank, L.D., Mitáš, J., Pratt, M., Salvo, D., Schofield, G., and Sallis J. F. (2017). Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 27, 253-263. Posted online September 5, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.08.010
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