Associations between physical activity and the neighbourhood social environment: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study

Jerome N Rachele; Fatima Ghani; Venurs HY Loh; Wendy J Brown; Gavin Turrell

Journal article

Associations between physical activity and the neighbourhood social environment: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study

Jerome N Rachele, Fatima Ghani, Venurs HY Loh, Wendy J Brown, Gavin Turrell

Preventive Medicine | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.06.034

University of Melbourne Researchers

Gavin Turrell Author Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Jerome Rachele Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities

Awarded by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

The HABITAT study is funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (# 497236, 339718, 1047453). JNR, FG, and VHYL are supported by the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities (# 1061404). At the time the manuscript was written GT was supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (# 1003710).