Most Cited Publications

Gabet, S., Thierry, B., Wasfi, R., De Groh, M., Simonelli, G., Hudon, C., Kestens, Y... & Moullec, G. (2022). How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting our life, mental health, and well-being? Design and preliminary findings of the pan-Canadian longitudinal COHESION Study. medRxiv, 2022-05. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.26.22275645

Naud, A., Sueur, C., Chaix, B., & Kestens, Y. (2020). Combining social network and activity space data for health research: tools and methods. Health & Place, 66, 102454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102454Kestens, Y., Winters, M., Fuller, D., Bell, S., Berscheid, J., Brondeel, R., ... & Wasfi, R. (2019). INTERACT: A comprehensive approach to assess urban form interventions through natural experiments. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6339-z

Bernard, P., Charafeddine, R., Frohlich, K. L., Daniel, M., Kestens, Y., & Potvin, L. (2007). Health inequalities and place: a theoretical conception of neighbourhood. Social science & medicine, 65(9), 1839-1852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.037

Perchoux, C., Chaix, B., Cummins, S., & Kestens, Y. (2013). Conceptualization and measurement of environmental exposure in epidemiology: accounting for activity space related to daily mobility. Health & place, 21, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.005

Chaix, B., Meline, J., Duncan, S., Merrien, C., Karusisi, N., Perchoux, C., ... & Kestens, Y. (2013). GPS tracking in neighborhood and health studies: a step forward for environmental exposure assessment, a step backward for causal inference?. Health & place, 21, 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.003

Chaix, B., Kestens, Y., Perchoux, C., Karusisi, N., Merlo, J., & Labadi, K. (2012). An interactive mapping tool to assess individual mobility patterns in neighborhood studies. American journal of preventive medicine, 43(4), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2012.06.026

Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Daniel, M., Fournier, M., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. (2011). Use of a new public bicycle share program in Montreal, Canada. American journal of preventive medicine, 41(1), 80-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.002

Kestens, Y., Lebel, A., Daniel, M., Thériault, M., & Pampalon, R. (2010). Using experienced activity spaces to measure foodscape exposure. Health & place, 16(6), 1094-1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.016

Moore, S., Bockenholt, U., Daniel, M., Frohlich, K., Kestens, Y., & Richard, L. (2011). Social capital and core network ties: a validation study of individual-level social capital measures and their association with extra-and intra-neighborhood ties, and self-rated health. Health & place, 17(2), 536-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.010

Daniel, M., Moore, S., & Kestens, Y. (2008). Framing the biosocial pathways underlying associations between place and cardiometabolic disease. Health & place, 14(2), 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.05.003

Kestens, Y., Lebel, A., Chaix, B., Clary, C., Daniel, M., Pampalon, R., ... & p Subramanian, S. V. (2012). Association between activity space exposure to food establishments and individual risk of overweight. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041418

Thierry, B., Chaix, B., & Kestens, Y. (2013). Detecting activity locations from raw GPS data: a novel kernel-based algorithm. International journal of health geographics, 12(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-12-14

Julien, D., Richard, L., Gauvin, L., & Kestens, Y. (2012). Neighborhood characteristics and depressive mood among older adults: an integrative review. International psychogeriatrics, 24(8), 1207-1225. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211002894

Kestens, Y., & Daniel, M. (2010). Social inequalities in food exposure around schools in an urban area. American journal of preventive medicine, 39(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.014

Chaix, B., Kestens, Y., Duncan, S., Merrien, C., Thierry, B., Pannier, B., ... & Méline, J. (2014). Active transportation and public transportation use to achieve physical activity recommendations? A combined GPS, accelerometer, and mobility survey study. International journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 11(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-014-0124-x

Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Daniel, M., Fournier, M., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. (2013). Impact evaluation of a public bicycle share program on cycling: a case example of BIXI in Montreal, Quebec. American journal of public health, 103(3), e85-e92. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300917

Chaix, B., Bean, K., Daniel, M., Zenk, S. N., Kestens, Y., Charreire, H., ... & Pannier, B. (2012). Associations of supermarket characteristics with weight status and body fat: a multilevel analysis of individuals within supermarkets (RECORD study). PloS one, 7(4), e32908. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032908

Levasseur, M., Gauvin, L., Richard, L., Kestens, Y., Daniel, M., Payette, H., & NuAge Study Group. (2011). Associations between perceived proximity to neighborhood resources, disability, and social participation among community-dwelling older adults: results from the VoisiNuAge study. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 92(12), 1979-1986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.035