Person-Place Interactions in Urban Environments
Abstract
This talk describes and discusses how interdisciplinary assessment methods of person-place benefits the socio-ecological perspective in urban health research. It starts with an overview on first theoretical assumptions and second on previous empirical findings, which address the relationships of environmental features to physical activity and mental health outcomes. It emphasizes the need for appropriate approaches to assess time-sensitive associations to adequately investigate person-place interactions. Finally, it focuses on ambulatory assessments and conclude that they can be improved by using 1) a triggered design to capture data in situations where a strong contextual effect is assumed and 2) by using a within-subject encouragement to enable an experimental approach in real life.
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