Yan Kestens

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Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Detecting activity locations from raw GPS data: a novel kernel-based algorithm
    Benoit Thierry
    Montreal University Hospital Research Center CRCHUM, Pavillon Masson 218 3850, St Urbain, Montreal, H2W 1T7, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 12:14. 2013
  2. ncbi Association between activity space exposure to food establishments and individual risk of overweight
    Yan Kestens
    Social and Preventive Medicine Department, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    PLoS ONE 7:e41418. 2012
  3. ncbi Modelling the variation of land surface temperature as determinant of risk of heat-related health events
    Yan Kestens
    Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 10:7. 2011
  4. ncbi Using experienced activity spaces to measure foodscape exposure
    Yan Kestens
    Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, CRCHUM, Montreal Public Health Department, Montreal, Canada
    Health Place 16:1094-103. 2010
  5. ncbi Social inequalities in food exposure around schools in an urban area
    Yan Kestens
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Central Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Am J Prev Med 39:33-40. 2010
  6. ncbi Associations between residential food environment and dietary patterns in urban-dwelling older adults: results from the VoisiNuAge study
    Genevieve Mercille
    Institut de Recherche en Sante Publique de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Public Health Nutr 15:2026-39. 2012
  7. ncbi Neighborhood resources and social participation among older adults: results from the VoisiNuage study
    Lucie Richard
    Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    J Aging Health 25:296-318. 2013
  8. ncbi Impact evaluation of a public bicycle share program on cycling: a case example of BIXI in Montreal, Quebec
    Daniel Fuller
    Department of Sociale and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, 7101 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, PQ, H3N 1X7, Canada
    Am J Public Health 103:e85-92. 2013
  9. ncbi Internal consistency, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity of a measure of public support for policies for active living in transportation (PAL-T) in a population-based sample of adults
    Daniel Fuller
    Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    J Urban Health 89:258-69. 2012
  10. ncbi Living in a well-serviced urban area is associated with maintenance of frequent walking among seniors in the VoisiNuAge study
    Lise 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

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi Detecting activity locations from raw GPS data: a novel kernel-based algorithm
    Benoit Thierry
    Montreal University Hospital Research Center CRCHUM, Pavillon Masson 218 3850, St Urbain, Montreal, H2W 1T7, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 12:14. 2013
    ..This paper proposes a method to test the performance of activity place detection algorithms, and compares the performance of a novel kernel-based algorithm with a more traditional time-distance cluster detection method...
  2. ncbi Association between activity space exposure to food establishments and individual risk of overweight
    Yan Kestens
    Social and Preventive Medicine Department, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    PLoS ONE 7:e41418. 2012
    ..Unfortunately, mobility data is often missing from health surveys. We hereby test the feasibility of linking travel survey data with food listings to derive food store exposure predictors of overweight among health survey participants...
  3. ncbi Modelling the variation of land surface temperature as determinant of risk of heat-related health events
    Yan Kestens
    Departement de Medecine sociale et preventive, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 10:7. 2011
    ..Here we propose a spatially explicit model to estimate local exposure to temperatures of large populations under various meteorological conditions based on satellite and meteorological data...
  4. ncbi Using experienced activity spaces to measure foodscape exposure
    Yan Kestens
    Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, CRCHUM, Montreal Public Health Department, Montreal, Canada
    Health Place 16:1094-103. 2010
    ..Furthermore, these activity-space exposure measures once modeled, can be used as predictors of health outcomes. Hence, travel surveys can be used to estimate environmental exposure for health survey participants...
  5. ncbi Social inequalities in food exposure around schools in an urban area
    Yan Kestens
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Central Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Am J Prev Med 39:33-40. 2010
    ..Although the positive association between area-level deprivation and fast-food outlets offering high-calorie foods has been well documented, few studies have evaluated food sources around school settings...
  6. ncbi Associations between residential food environment and dietary patterns in urban-dwelling older adults: results from the VoisiNuAge study
    Genevieve Mercille
    Institut de Recherche en Sante Publique de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Public Health Nutr 15:2026-39. 2012
    ..To examine associations between the availability of residential-area food sources and dietary patterns among seniors...
  7. ncbi Neighborhood resources and social participation among older adults: results from the VoisiNuage study
    Lucie Richard
    Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    J Aging Health 25:296-318. 2013
    ..This article examined the associations between proximity to selected locations considered to be conducive to social participation, and social participation itself, in urban-dwelling seniors...
  8. ncbi Impact evaluation of a public bicycle share program on cycling: a case example of BIXI in Montreal, Quebec
    Daniel Fuller
    Department of Sociale and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, 7101 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, PQ, H3N 1X7, Canada
    Am J Public Health 103:e85-92. 2013
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  9. ncbi Internal consistency, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity of a measure of public support for policies for active living in transportation (PAL-T) in a population-based sample of adults
    Daniel Fuller
    Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    J Urban Health 89:258-69. 2012
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  10. ncbi Living in a well-serviced urban area is associated with maintenance of frequent walking among seniors in the VoisiNuAge study
    Lise 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...
  11. ncbi Comparison of two indices of availability of fruits/vegetable and fast food outlets
    Genevieve Mercille
    Institut de Recherche en Sante Publique de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    J Urban Health 90:240-5. 2013
    ..Furthermore, results of FFO suggest that the alternate measure of RA can complement information based on AA indicators of the food environment, with potential utility in predicting eating practices...
  12. ncbi Neighborhood characteristics and depressive mood among older adults: an integrative review
    Dominic Julien
    IRSPUM Institut de recherche en santé publique de l Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    Int Psychogeriatr 24:1207-25. 2012
    ..Older adults may be even more vulnerable to neighborhood factors than other adults. The aim of this paper is to review empirical findings on the relationships between neighborhood characteristics and depressive mood among older adults...
  13. ncbi Use of a new public bicycle share program in Montreal, Canada
    Daniel Fuller
    Research Center of the Université de Montréal Hospital Center, Quebec, Canada
    Am J Prev Med 41:80-3. 2011
    ..Public bicycle share programs (PBSPs) increase population access to bicycles by deploying bicycles at docking stations throughout a city. Minimal research has systematically examined the prevalence and correlates of PBSP use...
  14. ncbi Prevalence of psychological distress and mental disorders, and use of mental health services in the epidemiological catchment area of Montreal South-West
    Jean Caron
    Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    BMC Psychiatry 12:183. 2012
    ..5) to verify the adequacy of mental health services...
  15. ncbi Availability of body art facilities and body art piercing do not predict hepatitis C acquisition among injection drug users in Montreal, Canada: Results from a cohort study
    Julie Bruneau
    CRCHUM, Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Int J Drug Policy 21:477-84. 2010
    ..Cross-sectional associations suggest that body art piercing (BAP) is a risk factor for hepatitis C (HCV) infection among injection drug users. The temporal basis of the relationship has not been established...
  16. ncbi Framing the biosocial pathways underlying associations between place and cardiometabolic disease
    Mark Daniel
    Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Axe santé des populations, 3875 rue Saint Urbain, Bureau 301, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Health Place 14:117-32. 2008
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  17. ncbi A typology of neighborhoods and blood pressure in the RECORD Cohort Study
    Andraea Van Hulst
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    J Hypertens 30:1336-46. 2012
    ..This study examines associations between SBP and DBP and a neighborhood typology based on numerous residential environment characteristics...
  18. ncbi Associations between perceived proximity to neighborhood resources, disability, and social participation among community-dwelling older adults: results from the VoisiNuAge study
    Melanie Levasseur
    Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute, Universite de Montreal, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:1979-86. 2011
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  19. ncbi Comprehensive determinants of health service utilisation for mental health reasons in a Canadian catchment area
    Marie Josee Fleury
    Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    Int J Equity Health 11:20. 2012
    ..This study sought to identify factors associated with health service utilisation by individuals with mental disorders in a Canadian catchment area...
  20. ncbi Health inequalities and place: a theoretical conception of neighbourhood
    Paul Bernard
    Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Que, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 65:1839-52. 2007
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  21. ncbi Conceptualization and measurement of environmental exposure in epidemiology: Accounting for activity space related to daily mobility
    Camille Perchoux
    Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, CRCHUM, Montreal Public Health Departement, Montreal, QC, Canada H2L 1V1 Inserm, U707, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, 75012 Paris, France Electronic address
    Health Place 21:86-93. 2013
    ..In addition we review work in environmental psychology and social networks research, which provides insights on how people and places interact and offers new theories for improving the spatial definition of contextual exposures...