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07 Nov Walking and Cycling for Transport is Good for Physical Activity Levels in Kiwis

Posted at 09:14h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

Dr Caroline Shaw Physical activity is good for health. Higher levels of physical activity are associated with reduced rates of breast and colon cancer, better mental health, lower obesity rates, lower heart disease, stroke (the list goes on). This blog looks at a new study we just published...

14 Aug Bike to the Future

Posted at 16:00h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

A Snippet from the ANA June 2017 Newsletter....

09 Aug Built environmental correlates of older adults’ total physical activity and walking: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Posted at 09:45h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

The aim of this study was to systematically review and quantify findings on the built environmental and how this correlates to older adults’ physical activity(PA) and to investigate differences by type of PA and environmental attribute measurement. One hundred articles from peer-reviewed and grey literature examining built environmental attributes related...

08 Aug Promoting Active Travel to School: a systematic review (2010–2016)

Posted at 08:37h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

This review has provided a detailed analysis of AST interventions published in peer-reviewed journals between 2010 and 2016. Following systematic literature review procedures’ 18 AST interventions were identified and subsequently analysed. The main findings of our study are: Theory utilization in AST interventions published between...

13 Jul Spatial Planning for Health

Posted at 12:04h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

Spatial planning for health: an evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places ...

07 Jul How the Decisions a City Makes Influences Public Health

Posted at 14:10h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

When people think of the city council, health isn’t the first thing that springs to mind, but for those of us working in public health we are aware first-hand how local government decisions influence health outcomes. Alison Pask, ANA health promotion manager shares how Justin...

26 Jun Unmet need for GP services due to a lack of transport factsheet (2017)

Posted at 11:22h in Healthy Environments by Kim Tucker

This factsheet presents statistics on people who had a medical problem but did not visit a GP due to a lack of transport, in the previous 12 months....

26 Jun Main mode of transport to work on Census day factsheet (2017)

Posted at 11:20h in Healthy Environments by Kim Tucker

This factsheet presents statistics on the main mode of transport that people used to get to work on Census day....

26 Jun Indicators at a glance – Transport

Posted at 11:18h in Healthy Environments by Kim Tucker

This section summarises the latest Environmental Health Indicators about transport and health in New Zealand....

26 Jun Household travel time by mode of transport factsheet (2017)

Posted at 11:16h in Healthy Environments by Kim Tucker

This indicator presents the percentage of household travel time by mode of transport, from the New Zealand Household Travel Survey, published by the Ministry of Transport. For this indicator, household travel excludes professional driver trips, that is, those trips done to transport goods or people...

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