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Gavin R. McCormack

Gavin R. McCormack

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
10122
World Ranking
3586
National Ranking
212

Overview

Gavin R. McCormack is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has produced research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses several subfields, including Transportation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and general Health topics.

Their research interests are broadly focused on issues related to urban transport, health, and the built environment. Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Traffic and Road Safety

Gavin R. McCormack has been published frequently in Scientific Reports, Preventive Medicine, PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Their publications include contributions to various aspects of physical activity, sedentary behavior, active transportation, and health outcomes.

Recent papers by McCormack cover diverse topics such as parental perceptions of children's physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the conceptualization of walkability and active living environments, behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and active school transportation. Selected recent works are:

  • Parent anxiety and perceptions of their child's physical activity and sedentary behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, 2020, Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Rethinking walkability and developing a conceptual definition of active living environments to guide research and practice, 2022, BMC Public Health
  • Changes in Workers' Sedentary and Physical Activity Behaviors in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Relationships With Fatigue: Longitudinal Online Study, 2021, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Active school transportation and the built environment across Canadian cities: Findings from the child active transportation safety and the environment (CHASE) study, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • Sedentary behaviour and sleep quality, 2023, Scientific Reports

Collaborative work is a notable part of McCormack's research activity, with a frequent group of co-authors including Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Koichiro Oka, Tomoki Nakaya, Akitomo Yasunaga, and Patricia K. Doyle-Baker. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach touching on fields like public health, environmental studies, and transportation.

Best Publications

  • Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: a review of qualitative research.

    Gavin R. McCormack;Melanie Rock;Ann M. Toohey;Danica Hignell

  • In search of causality: a systematic review of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity among adults.

    Gavin R McCormack;Alan Shiell

  • The relationship between destination proximity, destination mix and physical activity behaviors

    Gavin R McCormack;Billie Giles-Corti;Max K Bulsara

  • An update of recent evidence of the relationship between objective and self-report measures of the physical environment and physical activity behaviours

    Gavin Mccormack;Billie Giles-Corti;Andrea Lange;T. Smith

  • The influence of urban design on neighbourhood walking following residential relocation: longitudinal results from the RESIDE study.

    Billie Giles-Corti;Fiona Bull;Matthew Knuiman;Gavin Mccormack

  • The anatomy of the safe and social suburb: an exploratory study of the built environment, social capital and residents' perceptions of safety.

    Lisa Wood;Tya Shannon;Max Bulsara;Terri J Pikora

  • School site and the potential to walk to school: the impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods.

    Billie Giles-Corti;Georgina Wood;Terri Pikora;Vincent Learnihan

  • Objective versus perceived walking distances to destinations: Correspondence and predictive validity

    Gavin R. McCormack;Ester Cerin;Eva R. Leslie;Lorinne Du Toit

  • Friendship networks and physical activity and sedentary behavior among youth: a systematized review.

    Keri Jo Sawka;Gavin R McCormack;Alberto Nettel-Aguirre;Penelope Hawe

  • How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood

    Karen Villanueva;Billie Giles-Corti;Billie Giles-Corti;Max Bulsara;Gavin R. McCormack

  • Neighbourhood Built Environment Influences on Physical Activity among Adults: A Systematized Review of Qualitative Evidence

    Grazia Salvo;Bonnie M Lashewicz;Patricia K Doyle-Baker;Gavin R McCormack

  • Increasing Children's Physical Activity: Individual, Social, and Environmental Factors Associated With Walking to and From School

    Georgina S. A. Trapp;Billie Giles-Corti;Hayley E. Christian;Max Bulsara

  • On your bike! a cross-sectional study of the individual, social and environmental correlates of cycling to school

    Georgina S A Trapp;Georgina S A Trapp;Billie Giles-Corti;Hayley E Christian;Max Bulsara

  • Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older

    A.M. Toohey;G.R. McCormack;P.K. Doyle-Baker;C.L. Adams

  • Achieving 10,000 steps: a comparison of public transport users and drivers in a university setting.

    Karen Villanueva;Billie Giles-Corti;Gavin McCormack

  • Where Do Children Travel to and What Local Opportunities Are Available? The Relationship Between Neighborhood Destinations and Children’s Independent Mobility:

    Karen P. Villanueva;Billie Giles-Corti;Max Bulsara;Anna Timperio

  • Encouraging Dog Walking for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

    Hayley Christian;Adrian Bauman;Jacqueline N. Epping;Glenn N. Levine

  • Sex- and age-specific seasonal variations in physical activity among adults

    Gavin R McCormack;Christine Friedenreich;Alan Shiell;Billie Giles-Corti

  • Does the walkability of neighbourhoods affect children's independent mobility, independent of parental, socio-cultural and individual factors?

    Karen Villanueva;Billie Giles-Corti;Max Bulsara;Georgina Trapp

  • Driving towards obesity: A systematized literature review on the association between motor vehicle travel time and distance and weight status in adults

    Gavin R. McCormack;Jagdeep S. Virk

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammad Javad Koohsari
Mohammad Javad Koohsari Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Brent Edward Hagel
Brent Edward Hagel University of Calgary
Alan Shiell
Alan Shiell La Trobe University
Hayley Christian
Hayley Christian University of Western Australia
Andrew W. Howard
Andrew W. Howard California Institute of Technology
John C. Spence
John C. Spence University of Alberta
Penelope Hawe
Penelope Hawe University of Sydney
Tanya R. Berry
Tanya R. Berry University of Alberta
Takemi Sugiyama
Takemi Sugiyama Swinburne University of Technology
Ron Buliung
Ron Buliung University of Toronto

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