R
Ruth F. Hunter
Researcher at Queen's University Belfast
Publications - 152
Citations - 3927
Ruth F. Hunter is an academic researcher from Queen's University Belfast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 124 publications receiving 2406 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth F. Hunter include Queen's University & University of Southern California.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Validity of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) in assessing levels and change in moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Claire Cleland,Claire Cleland,Ruth F. Hunter,Frank Kee,Margaret Cupples,James F. Sallis,Mark A. Tully +6 more
TL;DR: Levels of agreement with objective measurements indicate the GPAQ is a valid measure of MVPA and change in MVPA but is a less valid measure for assessing the effectiveness of interventions to promote MVPA.
Journal ArticleDOI
The impact of interventions to promote physical activity in urban green space: A systematic review and recommendations for future research
Ruth F. Hunter,Hayley Christian,Jenny Veitch,Thomas Astell-Burt,J. Aaron Hipp,Jasper Schipperijn +5 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of interventions to encourage PA in urban green space found that interventions that involve the use of PA programs or PA programs combined with a physical change to the built environment are likely to have a positive effect on PA.
Journal ArticleDOI
Environmental, health, wellbeing, social and equity effects of urban green space interventions: A meta-narrative evidence synthesis.
Ruth F. Hunter,Claire Cleland,Anne Cleary,Mariël Droomers,Benedict W. Wheeler,Danielle Sinnett,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Matthias Braubach +7 more
TL;DR: A meta-narrative review of the evidence regarding the health, wellbeing, social, environmental and equity effects, or known influencing factors of these outcomes, of UGS interventions found too little evidence to draw firm conclusions regarding the impact of U GS interventions on a range of equity indicators.
Journal ArticleDOI
Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for assessing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour of older adults in the United Kingdom
TL;DR: Results showed the majority of older adult’s under-report their level of MVPA and SB when completing the IPAQ and the linear relationship above the mean shows an error from under to over reporting as the mean increases.
Journal ArticleDOI
The validation of Fitbit Zip™ physical activity monitor as a measure of free-living physical activity
TL;DR: Given the high level of correlation and no apparent systematic biases in the Bland Altman plots, the use of Fitbit Zip as a measure of physical activity is validated, however theFitbit Zip recorded a significantly higher number of steps per day than the Actigraph.