Recent Publications

School parks as a community health resource: Use of joint-use parks by children before and during COVID-19 pandemic

(Lanza, K., Durand, C. P., Alcazar, M., Ehlers, S., Zhang, K., & Kohl III, H. W. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.)

Heat-moderating effects of bus stop shelters and tree shade on public transport ridership.

(Lanza, K., & Durand, C. P. (2021). Heat-moderating effects of bus stop shelters and tree shade on public transport ridership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 463.)

Prevalence and likelihood of meeting sleep, physical activity, and screen-time guidelines among US youth

Knell, G., Durand, C. P., Kohl, H. W., 3rd, Wu, I., & Pettee Gabriel, K. (2019). JAMA pediatrics, 173(4), 387–389.

Foot-based audit of streets adjacent to new light rail stations in Houston, Texas: Measurement of health-related characteristics of the built environment for physical activity research.

Oluyomi, A. O., Knell, G., Durand, C. P., Mercader, C., Salvo, D., Sener, I. N., Gabriel, K. P., Hoelscher, D. M., & Kohl, H. W. (2019). BMC public health, 19(1), 238.

Urban-Rural Differences in Aerobic Physical Activity, Muscle Strengthening Exercise, and Screen-time Sedentary Behavior

Robertson, M. C., Song, J., Taylor, W. C., Durand, C. P., & Basen-Engquist, K. M. (2018). The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 34(4), 401–410.

If you build it, will they come? A quasi-experimental evaluation of sidewalk improvements and changes in physical activity

Knell, G., Durand, C. P., Shuval, K., Kohl, H. W., 3rd, Salvo, D., et al. (2018). Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 3(9), 66–71.

Examining the Influence of a New Light Rail Line on the Health of a Demographically Diverse and Understudied Population within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area: A Protocol for a Natural Experiment Study

Roberts, J. D., Hu, M., Saksvig, B. I., Brachman, M. L., & Durand, C. P. (2018). International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(2), 333.

Transit Use and Physical Activity: Findings from the Houston Travel Related Activity in Neighborhoods (TRAIN) Study

Knell, G., Durand, C. P., Shuval, K., Kohl Iii, H. W., Salvo, D., et al. (2017). Preventive medicine reports, 9, 55–61.

Efficacy of a Community- Versus Primary Care-Centered Program for Childhood Obesity: TX CORD RCT

Butte, N. F., Hoelscher, D. M., Barlow, S. E., Pont, S., Durand, C., et al. (2017). Obesity, 25(9), 1584-1593.

Weather is not significantly correlated with destination-specific transport-related physical activity among adults: a large-scale temporally matched analysis

Durand, C. P., Zhang, K., & Salvo, D. (2017). Preventive medicine, 101, 133-136.

Efficacy of a Community- vs. Primary Care-Centered Program for Childhood Obesity: TX CORD RCT

Butte, N. F., Hoelscher, D. M., Barlow, S. E., Pont, S., Durand, C., et al. (2017). Obesity, 25(9), 1584-1593.

Effect Of Neighborhood-unit Definition On The Relationship Between Physical Activity And The Built Environment: 3667 Board #114 June 3 8

Salvo, D., Durand, C. P., Evans, A. E., Perez, A., & Kohl III, H. W. (2017). Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49(5S), 1050.

The association of trip distance with walking to reach public transit: Data from the California Household Travel Survey

(Durand CP, Tang X, Pettee-Gabrie, K, Sener IN, Oluyomi AO, Knell G, Porter A, Hoelscher DM, Kohl HW; Journal of Transport & Health; 2015)

The utility of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in systems-oriented obesity intervention projects: the selection of comparable study sites for a quasi-experimental intervention design--TX CORD

(Oluyomi AO, Byars A, Byrd-Williams C, Sharma SV, Durand C, Hoelscher DM, Butte NF, Kelder SH; Child Obesity; 2015)

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