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Living in a well-serviced urban area is associated with maintenance of frequent walking among seniors in the VoisiNuAge studyLise Gauvin
Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:76-88. 2012..This paper examined whether or not closer proximity to local services and amenities was associated with maintenance of more frequent walking over time among urban-dwelling seniors over and above individual-level characteristics...- Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for operationalising the active living potential of residential environments: an exemplar for designing optimal zonesMylene Riva
Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Int J Health Geogr 7:43. 2008..The objective of this study was to assess the soundness of census tracts as units of analysis for measuring the active living potential of environments, hypothesised to be associated with walking... - Field validation of listings of food stores and commercial physical activity establishments from secondary dataCatherine Paquet
School of Health Sciences, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:58. 2008..A secondary objective was to examine differences in validity results according to neighbourhood characteristics and commercial establishment categories... - Distinct trajectories of leisure time physical activity and predictors of trajectory class membership: a 22 year cohort studyTracie A Barnett
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte Justine, 3175, Côte Sainte Catherine Montréal Québec, H3T 1C5, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:57. 2008..or.. - ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizationsGuy Faulkner
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:87. 2009..abstract:.. - ParticipACTION: A mass media campaign targeting parents of inactive children; knowledge, saliency, and trialing behavioursCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:88. 2009..abstract:.. - Conceptualizing and operationalizing neighbourhoods: the conundrum of identifying territorial unitsLise Gauvin
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:S18-26. 2007..CONCLUSION: We outline guiding principles for the construction of a methodology for establishing small-area contours in urban areas and formulate recommendations for future research... - Association between neighborhood active living potential and walkingLise Gauvin
Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en sante, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 167:944-53. 2008..The authors conclude that a larger number and variety of neighborhood destinations in one's residential environment are associated with more walking and possibly more utilitarian walking among middle-aged or older adults... - From walkability to active living potential: an "ecometric" validation studyLise Gauvin
Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé Interdisciplinary Research Group on Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Prev Med 28:126-33. 2005..The purpose of this paper is to establish the reliability and validity of a neighborhood-level measure of active living potential by applying principles of ecometrics... - Eating-disorder symptoms and syndromes in a sample of urban-dwelling Canadian women: contributions toward a population health perspectiveLise Gauvin
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 42:158-65. 2009..We estimated the prevalence of eating disorders and maladaptive eating behaviors in a population-based sample and examined the association of maladaptive eating with self-rated physical and mental health... - Contributions of acute bouts of vigorous physical activity to explaining diurnal variations in feeling states in active, middle-aged womenL Gauvin
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Health Psychol 19:365-75. 2000..Multilevel modeling analyses showed that in samplings recorded following exercise on exercise days, positive engagement, revitalization, and tranquility were elevated in comparison with predicted diurnal patterns... - Modifying effects of sex, age, and education on 22-year trajectory of leisure-time physical activity in a Canadian cohortTracie A Barnett
Dept of Social and Preventive Medicine, Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Sante, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7
J Phys Act Health 4:153-66. 2007.... - Duration of lack of money for basic needs and growth delay in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development birth cohortN Z Ehounoux
Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal, C P 6128, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
J Epidemiol Community Health 63:45-9. 2009..Lack of money for basic needs (paying for rent, electricity and/or heating, clothing, medications or other needs) when the children were ages 2(1/2) and 4 years was reported by the mother... - Impact of a community-based falls prevention program on maintenance of physical activity among older adultsSophie Laforest
Department of Kinesiology, and Interdisciplinary Research Group on Health, Universite de Montreal, and CSSS Cavendish, Canada Montreal Public Health Department, Agence de santé et de services sociaux, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Aging Health 21:480-500. 2009..This study examines the 9-month impact of a 12-week falls prevention program (called Stand Up!) which included balance exercises and educational components on maintenance of physical activity among community-dwelling seniors... - Links between maternal breast-feeding duration and Québec infants' health: a population-based study. Are the effects different for poor children?Ramata Coulibaly
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Matern Child Health J 10:537-43. 2006..However, low-income mothers breastfeed less often and for shorter periods of time. Interventions intended to promote and support breastfeeding should especially target mothers living in poverty conditions... - Neighborhood-level active living buoys for individuals with physical disabilitiesMichael Spivock
University of Montreal, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Health and The Lea Roback Research Centre on Social Inequalities in Health of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Am J Prev Med 32:224-30. 2007.... - Neighbourhood level versus individual level correlates of women's body dissatisfaction: toward a multilevel understanding of the role of affluenceL McLaren
GRIS Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé, University of Montreal, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:193-9. 2002..This study examined the prevalence of body dissatisfaction as a function of individual level and neighbourhood level indicators of affluence... - Promoting active living among people with physical disabilities evidence for neighborhood-level buoysMichael Spivock
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Health, Quebec, Canada
Am J Prev Med 34:291-8. 2008..People with physical disabilities are more likely to be sedentary than the general population, possibly because they have an accrued sensitivity to environmental features... - The relationship of self-esteem and body esteem in women with and without eating disordersBeverley K Mendelson
, Montreal, , Canada
Int J Eat Disord 31:318-23. 2002..DISCUSSION: Our results contribute to an emerging profile of ED patients as highly socially sensitive... - A naturalistic study of the impact of acute physical activity on feeling states and affect in womenL Gauvin
Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Health Psychol 15:391-7. 1996..Moreover, within-subject analyses indicated that the effects were moderated by preactivity scores, with the greatest improvements seen when women felt worst before activity... - Poverty and cumulative hospitalization in infancy and early childhood in the Quebec birth cohort: a puzzling pattern of associationBéatrice Nikiema
Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en sante GRIS, Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Montreal, Succursale Centre Ville, CP 6128, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3C 3J7
Matern Child Health J 12:534-44. 2008..This study re-examines the poverty-hospitalization relationship within a longitudinal population study of the same birth cohort aged 3.5 years... - Toward the next generation of research into small area effects on health: a synthesis of multilevel investigations published since July 1998Mylene Riva
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Downtown Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:853-61. 2007..Area effects on health, although significant in most studies, often depend on the health outcome studied, the measure of area exposure used, and the spatial scale at which associations are examined... - Proportions of students who use various modes of transportation to and from school in a representative population-based sample of children and adolescents, 1999Roman Pabayo
Faculte de Medecine, Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé and Médecine sociale et préventive, Universite de Montreal, Canada H2V 4P3
Prev Med 46:63-6. 2008..The purposes of this study were to describe the prevalence of modes of transportation to school and to identify socioeconomic correlates... - The influence of school smoking policies on student tobacco useTracie A Barnett
Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte Justine, 3175 chemin de la Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:842-8. 2007..To investigate the association between smoking behavior among secondary school students and school smoking policies... - Ecological models revisited: their uses and evolution in health promotion over two decadesLucie Richard
Faculty of Nursing, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Annu Rev Public Health 32:307-26. 2011..Finally, we make a statement regarding the usefulness of ecological models for research and practice and propose recommendations for future research, program planning, and evaluation... - Implementing a community-based falls-prevention program: from drawing board to realityJohanne Filiatrault
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Canada
Can J Aging 26:213-25. 2007..Data pertaining to the reach and delivery of the program as well as participation level show that a falls-prevention program addressing multiple risk factors can be successfully implemented in community-based settings... - Integrating the ecological approach in health promotion for older adults: a survey of programs aimed at elder abuse prevention, falls prevention, and appropriate medication useLucie Richard
Faculty of Nursing, Universite de Montreal, Canada
Int J Public Health 53:46-56. 2008..Assessment of the level of integration of the ecological approach showed it to be relatively low, especially in the local community health centres and seniors' day centres... - Having a personal weight goal that mismatches healthy weight recommendations increases the likelihood of using unhealthy behaviors among a representative population-based sample of adolescentsMathieu Roy
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Eat Behav 11:281-7. 2010..We conclude that there is an association between pursuing a mismatched personal weight goal and the use of unhealthy behaviors but not with healthy or disordered behaviors... - Sustained active transportation is associated with a favorable body mass index trajectory across the early school years: findings from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development birth cohortRoman Pabayo
Faculte de Medecine, CRCHUM Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Université de Montréal, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and Centre de recherche Léa Roback sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Prev Med 50:S59-64. 2010..To determine the extent to which active transportation (AT) to and from school is associated with changes in body mass index (BMI) from kindergarten (6-year-olds) through grade 2 (8-year-olds)... - Staying connected: neighbourhood correlates of social participation among older adults living in an urban environment in Montréal, QuebecLucie Richard
Faculty of Nursing, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Health Promot Int 24:46-57. 2009..Also included was a negative predictor: age (R2 of the final model = 0.28). Implications of the findings for research and action pertaining to ecological, health promotion interventions for older adults are identified... - School opportunities and physical activity frequency in nine year old childrenTracie A Barnett
Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, Universite de Montreal, 3175 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada
Int J Public Health 54:150-7. 2009..To examine the association between physical activity (PA) opportunities at school and participation in PA outside of school physical education (PE) classes among 9 year old children... - Impact of a multifaceted community-based falls prevention program on balance-related psychologic factorsJohanne Filiatrault
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:1948-57. 2008..To assess the impact of a multifaceted falls prevention program including exercise and educational components on perceived balance and balance confidence among community-dwelling seniors... - Casting weight goal as a function of weight status among a representative population-based sample of adolescentsMathieu Roy
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Body Image 6:277-84. 2009..Casting weight goal as a function of weight status may allow for a better understanding of overall weight management strategies... - Use of local area facilities for involvement in physical activity in Canada: insights for developing environmental and policy interventionsMylene Riva
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Downtown Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Health Promot Int 22:227-35. 2007.... - Moving forward in fall prevention: an intervention to improve balance among older adults in real-world settingsYvonne Robitaille
Institut national de santé publique du Québec and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Am J Public Health 95:2049-56. 2005..We investigated the effectiveness of a group-based exercise intervention to improve balancing ability among older adults delivered in natural settings by staff in local community organizations... - Community unemployment and immigrants' health in MontrealMaria Victoria Zunzunegui
Universite de Montreal, Que, Canada
Soc Sci Med 63:485-500. 2006..Among second-generation men, poor physical health and obesity may be the result of poor health habits stemming from perceived lack of life opportunities... - Association of body mass index and dietary restraint with changes in eating behaviour throughout late childhood and early adolescence: a 5-year studySherri Bisset
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre de recherche Léa Roback sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Public Health Nutr 10:780-9. 2007.... - Understanding the dimensions of socioeconomic status that influence toddlers' health: unique impact of lack of money for basic needs in Quebec's birth cohortLouise Seguin
Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3 J7
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:42-8. 2005.... - Health promotion and disease prevention for older adults: Intervention themes and strategies used in Quebec local community health centres and seniors' day centresLucie Richard
Faculty of Nursing, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC
Can J Public Health 96:467-70. 2005..To shed further light on this issue, this paper presents the results of an inventory of DPHP interventions for older adults conducted in local community health centres (CLSCs) and seniors' day centres in the province of Quebec... - Opportunities for student physical activity in elementary schools: a cross-sectional survey of frequency and correlatesTracie A Barnett
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Santé, University of Montreal, C P 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
Health Educ Behav 33:215-32. 2006..Addressing barriers related to resources and access to sports facilities may help reduce disparities between schools in opportunities for students to engage in PA... - Evidence of the psychometric qualities of a simplified version of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale for community-dwelling seniorsJohanne Filiatrault
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:664-72. 2007.... - Duration of poverty and child health in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development: longitudinal analysis of a birth cohortLouise Seguin
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, C P 6128 Succ Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
Pediatrics 119:e1063-70. 2007..The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between duration of poverty and the health of preschool children in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development birth cohort... - Do area characteristics predict change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 11 to 15 years?Roman Pabayo
Faculte de Medecine, CRCHUM Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Université de Montréal, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and Centre de recherche Léa Roback sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal, Universite de Montreal, Pavillon 1420 boul Mont Royal, Quebec, Canada H2V 4P3
Soc Sci Med 72:430-8. 2011.... - Validation of a measure of maternal perception of the child's health statusS Monette
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Interdisciplinary Health Research Group, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Child Care Health Dev 33:472-81. 2007..The main objective of this population-based and cross-sectional study was to determine the validity of maternal perception as an indicator of the 17-month-old child's health status... - The role of perfectionism and excessive commitment to exercise in explaining dietary restraint: replication and extensionL McLaren
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 29:307-13. 2001..The mediating role of excessive exercise commitment pinpoints this variable as an alternative intervention target in the prevention of excessive dieting... - Association of trait-defined, eating-disorder sub-phenotypes with (biallelic and triallelic) 5HTTLPR variationsHoward Steiger
Eating Disorders Program, Douglas University Institute in Mental Health, Quebec, Canada
J Psychiatr Res 43:1086-94. 2009..We explored the extent to which an empirical, trait-defined typology of eating-disordered individuals coincided systematically with variations in 5HTTLPR, assayed using biallelic and triallelic models... - Serotonin function, personality-trait variations, and childhood abuse in women with bulimia-spectrum eating disordersHoward Steiger
Eating Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
J Clin Psychiatry 65:830-7. 2004..We explored relationships among measures of 5-HT system functioning, behavioral inhibition/disinhibition, and childhood abuse in women with bulimia-spectrum eating syndromes... - Binge antecedents in bulimic syndromes: an examination of dissociation and negative affectMarla J Engelberg
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Int J Eat Disord 40:531-6. 2007..We conducted a naturalistic study to examine negative affect and dissociative experiences as antecedents to binge episodes... - Trait-defined eating-disorder subtypes and history of childhood abuseHoward Steiger
Eating Disorders Program, Douglas University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 43:428-32. 2010.... - A naturalistic evaluation of the relation between dietary restraint, the urge to binge, and actual binge eating: a clarificationMarla J Engelberg
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Eat Disord 38:355-60. 2005..The current study attempted to characterize the natural course of events linking dietary restraint to urges to binge and actual binge episodes... - Youth smoking initiation: disentangling context from compositionKatherine L Frohlich
School of Public Health, University of California, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
Health Place 8:155-66. 2002..When both the individual level and territory level predictors are entered in the model, only 2.66% of the between-territory variance in smoking initiation remain unexplained... - To see or not to see: effects of exercising in mirrored environments on sedentary women's feeling states and self-efficacyKathleen A Martin Ginis
Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Health Psychol 22:354-61. 2003..There were no effects of the environment or body image on self-efficacy. Results are consistent with predictions of objective self-awareness theory and have implications for promoting exercise among sedentary women... - Does the 'average size' of women in the neighbourhood influence a woman's likelihood of body dissatisfaction?Lindsay McLaren
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, G230 Health Sciences Bldg, 3330 Hospital Dr Calgary, Canada NW T2N 4NI
Health Place 9:327-35. 2003..Our results are consistent with the need to consider places as well as people in explaining various health outcomes... - Making youth tobacco control programs more ecological: organizational and professional profilesLucie Richard
, Faculty of Nursing, PO Box 6128, Station Centre-ville, , , H3C 3J7 Canada
Am J Health Promot 16:267-79. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Organizational environment and staff preparation play a critical role in the adoption of the ecological approach in tobacco control programs... - Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index as predictors of substantial weight gain and obesity: the Canadian physical activity longitudinal studySusan E Brien
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON
Can J Public Health 98:121-4. 2007..The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationships between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index (BMI), and the development of future obesity... - The contribution of daily experiences and acute exercise to fluctuations in daily feeling states among older, obese adults with knee osteoarthritisBrian C Focht
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, 109 FITT Building, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
J Behav Med 27:101-21. 2004.... - Musculoskeletal fitness and weight gain in CanadaCaitlin Mason
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:38-43. 2007..Obesity is a growing health issue in Canada, and identifying the determinants of weight gain is important for the development of appropriate prevention strategies... - Mortality and self-rated health in CanadaCaitlin Mason
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON
J Phys Act Health 4:423-33. 2007..This study investigates the degree to which the relationship between self-rated health and mortality is consistent across income groups in Canada and whether it can be explained by differentials in physical activity... - Effect of a ban on extracurricular sports activities by secondary school teachers on physical activity levels of adolescents: a multilevel analysisRoman Pabayo
Toronto Public Health Planning and Policy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Educ Behav 33:690-702. 2006..04; SE=1.01). Ending a teachers' ban on sports-related ECAs was associated with increased involvement in physical activity among secondary school students... - Emerging measurement and statistical methods in physical activity researchLouise C Masse
Health Promotion Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7335, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:44-55. 2002..The article presents a brief overview of these methods and discusses potential advantages and limitations of using them... - Effects of abstinence from habitual involvement in regular exercise on feeling states: an ecological momentary assessment studyHeather A Hausenblas
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Br J Health Psychol 13:237-55. 2008.... - Implications of compulsive and impulsive traits for serotonin status in women with bulimia nervosaHoward Steiger
Eating Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
Psychiatry Res 120:219-29. 2003..Our findings suggest that 5-HT status in BN may correspond to impulsive or compulsive traits, and they encourage multidimensional modeling of the pathophysiological role of 5-HT in BN... - [The immunization practices of nursing staff in local community health centers]Geneviève Petit
Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4
Can J Public Health 98:311-7. 2007.... - Mood- and restraint-based antecedents to binge episodes in bulimia nervosa: possible influences of the serotonin systemHoward Steiger
Eating Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Montreal Verdun, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
Psychol Med 35:1553-62. 2005..However, as central serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine: 5-HT) mechanisms regulate appetite and mood, the 5-HT system could be implicated in diet- and mood-based binge antecedents...