Karen Witten

Overview

Best Publications

• Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport - an update and new findings on health equity

  Melody Smith;Jamie Hosking;Alistair Woodward;Karen Witten

  856
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• GIS based destination accessibility via public transit and walking in Auckland, New Zealand

  Suzanne Mavoa;Karen Witten;Tim McCreanor;David O’Sullivan

  535
  Citations

• Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast-food retailing: a national study.

  Jamie Pearce;Tony Blakely;Karen Witten;Phil Bartie

  419
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• Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility

  Jamie Pearce;Karen Witten;Phil Bartie

  418
  Citations

• Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources?

  Jamie Pearce;Karen Witten;Rosemary Hiscock;Tony Blakely

  305
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• The societal costs and benefits of commuter bicycling: simulating the effects of specific policies using system dynamics modeling.

  Alexandra Macmillan;Jennie Connor;Karen Witten;Robin A. Kearns

  303
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• Neighbourhood access to open spaces and the physical activity of residents: a national study.

  Karen Witten;Rosemary Hiscock;Jamie Pearce;Tony Blakely

  291
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• Can virtual streetscape audits reliably replace physical streetscape audits

  Hannah M. Badland;Simon Opit;Karen Witten;Robin A. Kearns

  284
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• Household risk factors for malaria among children in the Ethiopian highlands.

  Tedros A. Ghebreyesus;Mitiku Haile;Karen H. Witten;Asefaw Getachew

  270
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• The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption

  J Pearce;Rosemary Hiscock;T Blakely;K Witten

  269
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• The Quality of Urban Environments: Mapping Variation in Access to Community Resources.

  Karen Witten;Daniel Exeter;Adrian Field

  267
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• Neighborhood Built Environment and Transport and Leisure Physical Activity: Findings Using Objective Exposure and Outcome Measures in New Zealand

  Karen Witten;Tony Blakely;Nasser Bagheri;Hannah Badland

  205
  Citations

• Kids in the City: Children's Use and Experiences of Urban Neighbourhoods in Auckland, New Zealand

  Penelope Carroll;Karen Witten;Robin Kearns;Phil Donovan

  186
  Citations

• Is Neighborhood Access to Health Care Provision Associated with Individual-Level Utilization and Satisfaction?

  Rosemary Hiscock;Jamie Pearce;Tony Blakely;Karen Witten

  184
  Citations

• The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand.

  Karen Witten;Tim McCreanor;Robin Kearns;Laxmi Ramasubramanian

  178
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• New Zealand parents' understandings of the intergenerational decline in children's independent outdoor play and active travel

  Karen Witten;Robin Kearns;Penelope Carroll;Lanuola Asiasiga

  171
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• A national study of the association between neighbourhood access to fast food outlets and the diet and weight of local residents

  Jamie Pearce;Rosemary Hiscock;Tony Blakely;Karen Witten

  165
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• ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand

  Robin A. Kearns;Nicolas Lewis;Tim McCreanor;Karen Witten

  160
  Citations

• Built environment associates of active school travel in New Zealand children and youth: A systematic meta-analysis using individual participant data

  Erika Ikeda;Tom Stewart;Nicholas Garrett;Victoria Egli

  157
  Citations

• Neighbourhood Destination Accessibility Index: a GIS tool for measuring infrastructure support for neighbourhood physical activity

  Karen Witten;Jamie Pearce;Peter Day

  154
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• Understanding the Relationship between Activity and Neighbourhoods (URBAN) Study: research design and methodology

  Hannah M Badland;Grant M Schofield;Karen Witten;Philip J Schluter

  126
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