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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

A Case Study of a Natural Experiment Bridging the 'Research into Policy' and 'Evidence-Based Policy' Gap for Active-Living Science.

Paula Hooper, Sarah Foster, Billie Giles-Corti

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  5. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a fluvial environment recovery project in a medium-sized Spanish town.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Paula HooperAustralian Urban Design Research Centre, School of Design, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia. paula.hooper@uwa.edu.au.
Sarah FosterCentre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Billie Giles-CortiCentre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The translation of research into tangible health benefits via changes to urban planning policy and practice is a key intended outcome of academic active-living research endeavours. Conversely, policy-makers and planners identify the need for policy-specific evidence to ensure policy decisions and practices are informed and validated by rigorously established evidence. In practice, however, these two aspirations rarely meet and a research-translation gap remains. The RESIDE project is a unique longitudinal natural experiment designed to evaluate the health impacts of the 'Liveable Neighbourhoods' planning policy, which was introduced by the Western Australian Government to create more walkable suburbs. This commentary provides an overview and discussion of the policy-specific study methodologies undertaken to quantitatively assess the implementation of the policy and assess its active living and health impacts. It outlines the key research-translation successes and impact of the findings on the Liveable Neighbourhoods policy and discusses lessons learnt from the RESIDE project to inform future natural experiments of policy evaluation.

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City PlanningEnvironment DesignHealth PolicyResidence CharacteristicsSuburban HealthTranslational Research, BiomedicalWalkingAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle Agedactive livingAustraliabuilt environmentliveabilitynatural experimentpolicy evaluationurban design

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PMID31295823
PMCPMC6678749

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