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Jelle Van Cauwenberg

Jelle Van Cauwenberg

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
7989
World Ranking
5002
National Ranking
62

Overview

Jelle Van Cauwenberg is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with equal representation in both disciplines. Within these overarching areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Transportation, Physiology, Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and general Health.

Their primary research topics include Urban Transport and Accessibility, Physical Activity and Health, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Urban Green Space and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, as well as Advanced Causal Inference Techniques.

Jelle Van Cauwenberg has contributed to various scientific publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Cities
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square
  • PeerJ

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Inequality in physical activity, global trends by income inequality and gender in adults", 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Urban environments and objectively-assessed physical activity and sedentary time in older Belgian and Chinese community dwellers: potential pathways of influence and the moderating role of physical function", 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Objective neighbourhood attributes as correlates of neighbourhood dissatisfaction and the mediating role of neighbourhood perceptions in older adults from culturally and physically diverse urban environments", 2020, Cities
  • "The perception of bicycle crashes with and without motor vehicles: Which crash types do older and middle-aged cyclists fear most?", 2020, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • "The association between the number of parks near home and levels of physical activity among community-dwelling older adults: A longitudinal study", 2022, Cities

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Delfien Van Dyck
  • Bénédicte Deforche
  • Sofie Compernolle
  • Lieze Mertens
  • Louise Poppe

Best Publications

  • Built environmental correlates of older adults' total physical activity and walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    David W. Barnett;Anthony Barnett;Andrea Nathan;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg

  • The neighbourhood physical environment and active travel in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Andrea Nathan;Jelle van Cauwenberg;David W. Barnett

  • Relationship between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: A systematic review

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Femke De Meester;Delfien Van Dyck

  • How does light-intensity physical activity associate with adult cardiometabolic health and mortality? Systematic review with meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies

    Sebastien F M Chastin;Marieke De Craemer;Katrien De Cocker;Lauren Powell

  • Relationship between the physical environment and different domains of physical activity in European adults: a systematic review

    Veerle Van Holle;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Liesbet Goubert

  • Understanding the relationships between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative studies

    Mika Moran;Mika Moran;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Rachel Hercky-Linnewiel;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin

  • Environmental factors influencing older adults’ walking for transportation: a study using walk-along interviews.

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Veerle Van Holle;Dorien Simons;Riet Deridder

  • Relationships Between Neighbourhood Physical Environmental Attributes and Older Adults' Leisure-Time Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Andrea Nathan;Anthony Barnett;David W. Barnett

  • Physical environmental factors related to walking and cycling in older adults: the Belgian aging studies

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Peter Clarys;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Veerle Van Holle

  • Relationship between neighborhood walkability and older adults’ physical activity: results from the Belgian Environmental Physical Activity Study in Seniors (BEPAS Seniors)

    Veerle Van Holle;Veerle Van Holle;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Delfien Van Dyck;Delfien Van Dyck;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche

  • Public open space characteristics influencing adolescents' use and physical activity: A systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies.

    Linde Van Hecke;Linde Van Hecke;Ariane Ghekiere;Jenny Veitch;Delfien Van Dyck

  • Social and Physical Environmental Factors Influencing Adolescents' Physical Activity in Urban Public Open Spaces: A Qualitative Study Using Walk-Along Interviews.

    Linde Van Hecke;Linde Van Hecke;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche;Delfien Van Dyck;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • Park attributes that encourage park visitation among adolescents: a conjoint analysis.

    Jenny Veitch;Jo Salmon;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche;Ariane Ghekiere;Ariane Ghekiere

  • Assessment of physical activity in older Belgian adults: validity and reliability of an adapted interview version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L)

    Veerle Van Holle;Veerle Van Holle;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Benedicte Deforche;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg

  • Relationships between the perceived neighborhood social environment and walking for transportation among older adults

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Liesbeth De Donder;Peter Clarys;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • Neighborhood walkability and health outcomes among older adults: The mediating role of physical activity

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Veerle Van Holle;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Delfien Van Dyck

  • Environmental influences on older adults’ transportation cycling experiences : a study using bike-along interviews

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Peter Clarys;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Ariane Ghekiere;Ariane Ghekiere

  • Park proximity, quality and recreational physical activity among mid-older aged adults: moderating effects of individual factors and area of residence.

    Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Ester Cerin;Anna Timperio;Jo Salmon

  • Interactions between Neighborhood Social Environment and Walkability to Explain Belgian Older Adults' Physical Activity and Sedentary Time

    Veerle Van Holle;Veerle Van Holle;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche

  • Efficacy of a Self-Regulation-Based Electronic and Mobile Health Intervention Targeting an Active Lifestyle in Adults Having Type 2 Diabetes and in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older: Two Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Louise Poppe;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Maïté Verloigne;Samyah Shadid

  • Psychosocial and Environmental Correlates of Walking, Cycling, Public Transport and Passive Transport to Various Destinations in Flemish Older Adolescents.

    Hannah Verhoeven;Hannah Verhoeven;Dorien Simons;Dorien Simons;Delfien Van Dyck;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Jelle Van Cauwenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University
Jack L. Nasar
Jack L. Nasar The Ohio State University
Jo Salmon
Jo Salmon Deakin University
Liesbet Goubert
Liesbet Goubert Ghent University
Lea Maes
Lea Maes Ghent University
Nanna Lien
Nanna Lien University of Oslo
Jeroen Lakerveld
Jeroen Lakerveld University of Amsterdam
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Margarida Gaspar de Matos University of Lisbon
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
Mohammad Javad Koohsari
Mohammad Javad Koohsari Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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