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K. Villanueva · SciRah

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K. Villanueva

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K. Villanueva — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 31
Works: 84
Citations: 4,060

Most-cited papers

Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda.
M. Koohsari, S. Mavoa, K. Villanueva, T. Sugiyama +4 more
2015Health and Place428 citations Open access
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School site and the potential to walk to school: the impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods.
B. Giles-Corti, G. Wood, T. Pikora, V. Learnihan +5 more
2011Health and Place339 citations
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Encouraging Walking for Transport and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents
B. Giles-Corti, S. Kelty, S. Zubrick, K. Villanueva
2009Sports Medicine247 citations
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How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood.
K. Villanueva, B. Giles-Corti, M. Bulsara, G. McCormack +4 more
2012Health and Place184 citations Open access
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The impact of parents' fear of strangers and perceptions of informal social control on children's independent mobility.
S. Foster, K. Villanueva, L. Wood, H. Christian +1 more
2014Health and Place181 citations Open access
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Developing indicators of public open space to promote health and wellbeing in communities
K. Villanueva, H. Badland, Paula Hooper, M. Koohsari +5 more
2015156 citations Open access
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The impact of neighborhood walkability on walking: does it differ across adult life stage and does neighborhood buffer size matter?
K. Villanueva, M. Knuiman, Andrea Nathan, B. Giles-Corti +3 more
2014Health and Place155 citations Open access
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Can the Neighborhood Built Environment Make a Difference in Children's Development? Building the Research Agenda to Create Evidence for Place-Based Children's Policy.
K. Villanueva, H. Badland, Amanda Kvalsvig, M. O'Connor +4 more
2016Academic pediatrics134 citations Open access
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Achieving 10,000 steps: a comparison of public transport users and drivers in a university setting.
K. Villanueva, B. Giles-Corti, G. McCormack
2008Preventive Medicine125 citations Open access
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Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors in australian adults: an observational study
F. Müller-Riemenschneider, G. Pereira, K. Villanueva, H. Christian +3 more
2013BMC Public Health122 citations Open access
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Where Do Children Travel to and What Local Opportunities Are Available? The Relationship Between Neighborhood Destinations and Children’s Independent Mobility
K. Villanueva, B. Giles-Corti, M. Bulsara, A. Timperio +4 more
2013122 citations
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Street network measures and adults' walking for transport: Application of space syntax.
M. Koohsari, T. Sugiyama, S. Mavoa, K. Villanueva +3 more
2016Health and Place118 citations Open access
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Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing
M. Davern, L. Gunn, Carolyn Whitzman, C. Higgs +6 more
2017108 citations Open access
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The impact of the built environment on health across the life course: design of a cross-sectional data linkage study
K. Villanueva, G. Pereira, M. Knuiman, F. Bull +10 more
2013BMJ Open106 citations Open access
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Does the walkability of neighbourhoods affect children's independent mobility, independent of parental, socio-cultural and individual factors?
K. Villanueva, B. Giles-Corti, M. Bulsara, G. Trapp +3 more
2014101 citations Open access
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Street connectivity and walking for transport: role of neighborhood destinations.
M. Koohsari, T. Sugiyama, K. Lamb, K. Villanueva +1 more
2014Preventive Medicine96 citations
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Can neighborhood green space mitigate health inequalities? A study of socio-economic status and mental health.
T. Sugiyama, K. Villanueva, M. Knuiman, J. Francis +3 more
2016Health and Place90 citations
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Built environment and physical activity among adolescents: the moderating effects of neighborhood safety and social support
Venurs H. Y. Loh, J. Veitch, J. Salmon, E. Cerin +4 more
2019International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity73 citations Open access
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Does walkable neighbourhood design influence the association between objective crime and walking?
S. Foster, M. Knuiman, K. Villanueva, L. Wood +2 more
2014International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity64 citations Open access
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The Effect of the Social and Physical Environment on Children's Independent Mobility to Neighborhood Destinations.
H. Christian, C. Klinker, K. Villanueva, M. Knuiman +5 more
2015Journal of Physical Activity and Health63 citations Open access
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Reducing Inequities in Early Childhood Mental Health: How Might the Neighborhood Built Environment Help Close the Gap? A Systematic Search and Critical Review
A. Alderton, K. Villanueva, M. O'Connor, C. Boulangé +1 more
2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health59 citations Open access
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Suspicious minds: Can features of the local neighbourhood ease parents' fears about stranger danger?
S. Foster, L. Wood, J. Francis, M. Knuiman +2 more
201552 citations Open access
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Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression
M. Koohsari, H. Badland, S. Mavoa, K. Villanueva +4 more
201749 citations Open access
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Dog walking is associated with more outdoor play and independent mobility for children.
H. Christian, G. Trapp, K. Villanueva, S. Zubrick +2 more
2014Preventive Medicine47 citations Open access
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Activity-related behavior typologies in youth: a systematic review
K. Parker, J. Salmon, S. Costigan, K. Villanueva +2 more
2019International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity42 citations Open access
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A cross-sectional study of the individual, social, and built environmental correlates of pedometer-based physical activity among elementary school children
G. McCormack, B. Giles-Corti, A. Timperio, G. Wood +1 more
2011International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity42 citations Open access
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Reconnecting urban planning with health: a protocol for the development and validation of national liveability indicators associated with noncommunicable disease risk behaviours and health outcomes.
B. Giles-Corti, H. Badland, S. Mavoa, G. Turrell +12 more
2014Public Health Research & Practice39 citations Open access
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Viewing obesogenic advertising in children's neighbourhoods using Google Street View
V. Egli, C. Zinn, Lisa Mackay, N. Donnellan +5 more
2018Geographical Research37 citations Open access
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Typologies of adolescent activity related health behaviours
K. Parker, J. Salmon, H. Brown, K. Villanueva +1 more
2018Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport34 citations Open access
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The Role of the Built Environment on Health Across the Life Course: A Call for CollaborACTION
Andrea Nathan, K. Villanueva, J. Rozek, M. Davern +4 more
2018American Journal of Health Promotion33 citations Open access
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Outdoor public recreation spaces and social connectedness among adolescents
Elise Rivera, J. Veitch, Venurs H. Y. Loh, J. Salmon +4 more
2021BMC Public Health32 citations Open access
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Deprivation matters: understanding associations between neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets, unhealthy dietary behaviours and child body size using structural equation modelling
V. Egli, M. Hobbs, Jordan A. Carlson, N. Donnellan +5 more
2020Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health30 citations Open access
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The development of policy-relevant transport indicators to monitor health behaviours and outcomes
H. Badland, S. Mavoa, K. Villanueva, R. Roberts +2 more
201530 citations Open access
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Nothing but fear itself: parental fear as a determinant of child physical activity and independent mobility
S. Zubrick, L. Wood, K. Villanueva, G. Wood +2 more
2010UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia)29 citations Open access
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Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage and loneliness: the contribution of green space quantity and quality
Tara Jamalishahni, G. Turrell, S. Foster, M. Davern +1 more
2023BMC Public Health26 citations Open access
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Nowhere to Go and Nothing to Do but Sit? Youth Screen Time and the Association With Access to Neighborhood Destinations
H. Christian, S. Zubrick, M. Knuiman, Andrea Nathan +3 more
201725 citations Open access
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People living in hilly residential areas in metropolitan Perth have less diabetes: spurious association or important environmental determinant?
K. Villanueva, M. Knuiman, M. Koohsari, S. Hickey +5 more
2013International Journal of Health Geographics25 citations Open access
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Access to and Quality of Neighbourhood Public Open Space and Children’s Mental Health Outcomes: Evidence from Population Linked Data across Eight Australian Capital Cities
A. Alderton, M. O'Connor, H. Badland, L. Gunn +2 more
2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health23 citations Open access
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Indicators of a health-promoting local food environment: a conceptual framework to inform urban planning policy and practice.
M. Murphy, H. Badland, M. Koohsari, T. Astell-Burt +5 more
2017Health Promotion Journal of Australia22 citations Open access
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Public open space desktop auditing tool—Establishing appropriateness for use in Australian regional and urban settings
Lærke Mygind, P. Bentsen, H. Badland, N. Edwards +2 more
201622 citations
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Is neighbourhood access to tobacco outlets related to smoking behaviour and tobacco-related health outcomes and hospital admissions?
R. Barnes, S. Foster, G. Pereira, K. Villanueva +1 more
2016Preventive Medicine22 citations Open access
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Ecological correlates of activity-related behavior typologies among adolescents
K. Parker, J. Salmon, K. Villanueva, S. Mavoa +3 more
2019BMC Public Health21 citations Open access
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Activity-related typologies and longitudinal change in physical activity and sedentary time in children and adolescents: The UP&DOWN Study
K. Parker, A. Timperio, J. Salmon, K. Villanueva +6 more
2020Journal of Sport and Health Science20 citations Open access
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Children’s independent mobility: the role of school-based social capital
P. Love, K. Villanueva, Carolyn Whitzman
2020Children's Geographies20 citations
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Measurement of children's physical activity using a pedometer with a built-in memory.
G. Trapp, B. Giles-Corti, M. Bulsara, H. Christian +3 more
2013Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport19 citations
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The effect of siblings and family dog ownership on children's independent mobility to neighbourhood destinations
H. Christian, K. Villanueva, C. Klinker, M. Knuiman +2 more
2016Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health17 citations Open access
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Supporting an emerging workforce: characteristics of rural and remote therapy assistants in Western Australia.
I. Lin, B. Goodale, K. Villanueva, S. Spitz
2007The Australian journal of rural health17 citations
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Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Indicators of Employment Through a Liveability Lens
H. Badland, M. Davern, K. Villanueva, S. Mavoa +3 more
2015Social Indicators Research15 citations Open access
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The effects of free-fare public transportation on the total active travel in children: A cross-sectional comparison between two Finnish towns
A. Pesola, P. Hakala, P. Berg, S. Ramezani +2 more
2022Journal of Transport & Health14 citations Open access
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A novel three-part approach to tackle the problem of health inequities in early childhood.
Carly S. Molloy, T. Moore, M. O'Connor, K. Villanueva +2 more
2020Academic pediatrics14 citations Open access
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