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Lawrence D. Frank
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 239
Citations - 33828
Lawrence D. Frank is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Walkability & Built environment. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 222 publications receiving 29948 citations. Previous affiliations of Lawrence D. Frank include University of Miami & University of Western Australia.
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Promoting Public Health through Smart Growth: Building Healthier Communities through Transportation and Land Use Policies and Practices
TL;DR: Compact land use patterns with high-quality pedestrian environments and a mix of land uses can improve public health by promoting active forms of transportation, reducing per capita air pollution and associated respiratory ailments, and lowering the risk of car related accidents.
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Objective food environments and health outcomes.
Leia M. Minaker,Kim D. Raine,T. Cameron Wild,Candace I. J. Nykiforuk,Mary E. Thompson,Lawrence D. Frank +5 more
TL;DR: Results reveal that in this setting, strategies aimed at improving residents' perceptions may be less effective than those acting directly on food environments to improve food access and relative food affordability.
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Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity Among Older Adults: Do the Relationships Differ by Driving Status?
Ding Ding,James F. Sallis,Gregory J. Norman,Lawrence D. Frank,Brian E. Saelens,J. Kerr,Terry L. Conway,Kelli L. Cain,Melbourne F. Hovell,C. Richard Hofstetter,Abby C. King +10 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that driving status is likely to moderate the association between neighborhood environments and older adults' leisure walking.
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Socioeconomic and race/ethnic disparities in observed park quality
Jessa K. Engelberg,Terry L. Conway,Carrie M. Geremia,Kelli L. Cain,Brian E. Saelens,Karen Glanz,Lawrence D. Frank,James F. Sallis +7 more
TL;DR: The findings emphasize the need to explore other factors that may explain variations in park quality, like local policy, citizen involvement in park decision-making, park funding and allocation, sources of funding and park priorities.
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Parental and Adolescent Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety Related to Adolescents' Physical Activity in Their Neighborhood.
Irene Esteban-Cornejo,Jordan A. Carlson,Terry L. Conway,Kelli L. Cain,Brian E. Saelens,Lawrence D. Frank,Karen Glanz,Caterina G. Roman,James F. Sallis +8 more
TL;DR: Parents' perceptions of traffic, stranger danger, and crime safety were all related to adolescents' active transportation and multiple safety concerns may be motivating parents to restrict adolescent mobility by walking and bicycling.