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Citations
9071
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6130
National Ranking
2931

Overview

Amy A. Eyler is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on social sciences, health professions, and medicine. Subfields of interest include general health professions, transportation, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including urban transport and accessibility, obesity, physical activity, diet, physical activity and health, health policy implementation science, health disparities and outcomes, urban green space and health, and public health policies and education.

Recent publications include:

  • Creating Built Environments That Expand Active Transportation and Active Living Across the United States: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association, 2020, Circulation
  • Associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviors with child mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence of Meeting Aerobic, Muscle-Strengthening, and Combined Physical Activity Guidelines During Leisure Time Among Adults, by Rural-Urban Classification and Region - United States, 2020, 2023, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Actual Causes of Death in Relation to Media, Policy, and Funding Attention: Examining Public Health Priorities, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Parent Perceptions of Changes in Child Physical Activity During COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ross C. Brownson
  • Amanda Gilbert
  • Maura M. Kepper
  • Stephanie Mazzucca
  • Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Public Health, American Journal of Health Promotion, Preventing Chronic Disease, and Diabetes Spectrum.

Best Publications

  • Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial-ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women.

    Abby C. King;Cynthia Castro;Sara Wilcox;Amy A. Eyler

  • Physical activity social support and middle- and older-aged minority women: results from a US survey

    Amy A Eyler;Ross C Brownson;Rebecca J Donatelle;Abby C King

  • The epidemiology of walking for physical activity in the United States.

    Amy A. Eyler;Ross C. Brownson;Stephen J. Bacak;Robyn A. Housemann

  • Patterns and correlates of physical activity among US women 40 years and older.

    R C Brownson;A A Eyler;A C King;D R Brown

  • Physical Activity and Minority Women: A Qualitative Study

    Amy A. Eyler;Elizabeth Baker;LaChenna Cromer;Abby C. King

  • Getting the Word Out: New Approaches for Disseminating Public Health Science.

    Ross C. Brownson;Amy A. Eyler;Jenine K. Harris;Justin B. Moore

  • Measuring the Environment for Friendliness Toward Physical Activity: A Comparison of the Reliability of 3 Questionnaires

    Ross C. Brownson;Jen Jen Chang;Amy A. Eyler;Barbara E. Ainsworth

  • Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups: The Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--summary and conclusions.

    Amy A. Eyler;Dyann Matson-Koffman;Deborah Rohm Young;Sara Wilcox

  • Relationship of Satisfaction with Body Size and Trying to Lose Weight in a National Survey of Overweight and Obese Women Aged 40 and Older, United States

    Lynda A. Anderson;Amy A. Eyler;Deborah A. Galuska;David R. Brown

  • Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women: The Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--summary and discussion

    Amy A. Eyler;Joshua R. Vest;Bonnie Sanderson;Jo Ellen Wilbur

  • Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in rural Midwestern white women.

    Amy A Eyler

  • Environmental, Policy, and Cultural Factors Related to Physical Activity in a Diverse Sample of Women: The Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project–Introduction and Methodology

    Amy A. Eyler;Joshua R. Vest;Bonnie Sanderson;JoEllen Wilbur

  • Environmental and policy approaches for promoting physical activity in the United States: a research agenda

    Ross C. Brownson;Cheryl M. Kelly;Amy A. Eyler;Cheryl Carnoske

  • Reliability of Information on Physical Activity and Other Chronic Disease Risk Factors among US Women Aged 40 Years or Older

    Ross C. Brownson;Amy A. Eyler;Abby C. King;Yuh-Ling Shyu

  • Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups: Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--introduction and methodology.

    Amy A. Eyler;Dyann Matson-Koffman;Deborah Rohm Young;Sara Wilcox

  • Physical Activity and Women in the United States: An Overview of Health Benefits, Prevalence, and Intervention Opportunities

    Amy A. Eyler;Ross C. Brownson;Abby C. King;David Brown

  • Environmental and policy factors related to physical activity in rural White women

    Amy A. Eyler;Joshua R. Vest

  • Policies related to active transport to and from school: a multisite case study

    Amy A. Eyler;Ross C. Brownson;Mark P. Doescher;Kelly R. Evenson

  • Policy, systems, and environmental approaches for obesity prevention: A framework to inform local and state action

    Rodney Lyn;Semra Aytur;Tobey A. Davis;Amy A. Eyler

  • Measuring the impact of public health policy.

    Ross C Brownson;Rachel Seiler;Amy A Eyler

  • Physical Activity-Related Policy and Environmental Strategies to Prevent Obesity in Rural Communities: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2002-2013

    M. Renée Umstattd Meyer;Cynthia K. Perry;Jasmin C. Sumrall;Megan S. Patterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Abby C. King
Abby C. King Stanford University
Jamie F. Chriqui
Jamie F. Chriqui University of Illinois at Chicago
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis Washington University in St. Louis
Sara Wilcox
Sara Wilcox University of South Carolina
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Michael Pratt
Michael Pratt University of California, San Diego
Kristin L. Schneider
Kristin L. Schneider Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Derek M. Griffith
Derek M. Griffith Georgetown University
Diana C. Parra
Diana C. Parra Washington University in St. Louis
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University

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