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John C. Spence

John C. Spence

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
73
Citations
24027
World Ranking
626
National Ranking
35

Overview

John C. Spence is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive work in subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Transportation, General Health Professions, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics of John C. Spence's research contributions include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by John C. Spence are:

  • Determinants of physical activity among adults in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: The DUK-COVID study, 2020, British Journal of Health Psychology
  • Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Movement behaviours and physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development in preschool-aged children: Cross-sectional associations using compositional analyses, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Few Canadian children and youth were meeting the 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines 6-months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Follow-up from a national study, 2021, Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Differences in parental perceptions of walking and cycling to high school according to distance, 2020, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

John C. Spence frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Guy Faulkner
  • Ryan E. Rhodes
  • Leigh M. Vanderloo
  • Carminda Goersch Lamboglia
  • Mark S. Tremblay

The primary publication venues for John C. Spence's work include:

  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Within-Class Grouping: A Meta-Analysis

    Yiping Lou;Philip C. Abrami;John C. Spence;Catherine Poulsen

  • How many steps/day are enough? for adults

    Catrine Tudor-Locke;Cora L Craig;Wendy J Brown;Stacy A Clemes

  • Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey.

    Sarah A. Moore;Sarah A. Moore;Guy Faulkner;Ryan E. Rhodes;Mariana Brussoni

  • Toward a comprehensive model of physical activity

    John C Spence;Rebecca E Lee

  • Systematic review of physical activity and health in the early years (aged 0–4 years)

    Brian W. Timmons;Allana G. LeBlanc;Valerie Carson;Sarah Connor Gorber

  • Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years)

    Valerie Carson;Eun-Young Lee;Lyndel Hewitt;Cally Jennings

  • How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescents

    Catrine Tudor-Locke;Cora L Craig;Michael W Beets;Sarahjane Belton

  • Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years): An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep.

    Mark S. Tremblay;Jean-Philippe Chaput;Kristi B. Adamo;Salomé Aubert

  • Meta-analysis of internet-delivered interventions to increase physical activity levels

    Cally A Davies;John C. H. Spence;Corneel Vandelanotte;Cristina M Caperchione;Cristina M Caperchione

  • Perceived environment and physical activity: a meta-analysis of selected environmental characteristics

    Mitch J Duncan;John C Spence;W Kerry Mummery

  • A step-defined sedentary lifestyle index: <5000 steps/day

    Catrine Tudor-Locke;Cora L Craig;John P Thyfault;John C Spence

  • Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in the early years (aged 0-4 years).

    Allana G. LeBlanc;John C. Spence;Valerie Carson;Sarah Connor Gorber

  • Systematic review of physical activity and cognitive development in early childhood

    Valerie Carson;Stephen Hunter;Nicholas Kuzik;Sandra A. Wiebe

  • The Effect of Exercise on Global Self-Esteem: A Quantitative Review

    John C. Spence;Kerry R. McGannon;Pauline Poon

  • Food Deserts in the Prairies? Supermarket Accessibility and Neighborhood Need in Edmonton, Canada*

    Karen E. Smoyer-Tomic;John C. Spence;Carl Amrhein

  • Canadian physical activity guidelines for the early years (aged 0-4 years)

    Mark S. Tremblay;Allana G. LeBlanc;Valerie Carson;Louise Choquette

  • The association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and exposure to supermarkets and fast food outlets.

    Karen E. Smoyer-Tomic;John C. Spence;Kim D. Raine;Carl Amrhein

  • Relation between local food environments and obesity among adults

    John C. H. Spence;Nicoleta Cutumisu;Joy Edwards;Kim D Raine

  • Effects of Within-Class Grouping on Student Achievement: An Exploratory Model

    Yiping Lou;Philip C. Abrami;John C. Spence

  • Physical Activity and Psychological Well‐being: Knowledge Base, Current Issues, and Caveats

    Lise Gauvin;John C. Spence

  • Systematic review of sedentary behavior and cognitive development in early childhood.

    Valerie Carson;Nicholas Kuzik;Stephen Hunter;Sandra A. Wiebe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Tanya R. Berry
Tanya R. Berry University of Alberta
Guy Faulkner
Guy Faulkner University of British Columbia
Ronald C. Plotnikoff
Ronald C. Plotnikoff University of Newcastle Australia
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung Queen's University
Chris M. Blanchard
Chris M. Blanchard Dalhousie University
Kerry R. McGannon
Kerry R. McGannon Laurentian University
Nicholas L. Holt
Nicholas L. Holt University of Alberta
Kim D. Raine
Kim D. Raine University of Alberta
Wendy M. Rodgers
Wendy M. Rodgers University of Alberta

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