Karen Villanueva
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 352396 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Karen Villanueva |
| NOMBRES | Karen |
| APELLIDO | Villanueva |
| FIRMA | VILLANUEVA K |
| AFILIACIONES | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7721-1880 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 182 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provides a critical platform for children's development in the early years. To be of benefit to all children, ECEC must deliver on three key areas: availability (quantity), quality and participation (reach and dose). Lead indicators can be derived and applied to help service providers drive equitable systems change. Yet there is little evidence that the ECEC sector is able to utilise lead indicators and d…
Do Australian Disability Policies Support Accessible and Inclusive Neighbourhoods for Children with Disability and Their Families
There is increasing momentum for considering the broader social determinants of health, including the neighbourhood, for children with disability. This paper analysed Australian national, state, and territory disability policy documents to understand the extent neighbourhood child liveability domains are considered as levers to support wellbeing and social inclusion for children with disability. Seven of the eight domains defining a liveable neig…
Neighborhood ‘double disadvantage’ and child development in inner city and growth areas
We examined whether urbanicity – living in inner, middle, outer or growth areas – was associated with children's developmental vulnerability. We also explored effects of neighborhood ‘double disadvantage’, conceptualised as living in an outer or growth area with high neighborhood disadvantage, was associated with children's developmental vulnerability. There seemed to be no relationship between the level of urbanicity and child development, but u…
Barriers and Enablers to Data-Based Decision Making in Australian Place-Based Community Initiatives
This study investigated barriers and enablers to collecting, reporting, and using data and evidence-based lead indicators in decision-making. Four Australian place-based initiatives (PBI) focused on improving child health and reducing inequities participated. Eight interviews with PBI leaders revealed barriers and enablers aligned with all three Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation factors of the COM-B model of behaviour. Difficulties sharing …
Is the availability and quality of local early childhood education and care services associated with young children's mental health at school entry
We found some evidence that geographic availability of high-quality preschools was associated with better child mental health outcomes, but results varied by urbanicity. While future research is required to unpack these differences, these findings indicate the importance of accounting for both geographic availability and service quality simultaneously in future research, policy and practice
The contribution of objective and perceived crime to neighbourhood socio-economic inequity in loneliness
Loneliness tends to be more prevalent in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods, yet few studies explore the environmental differences contributing to area-based inequity in loneliness. This study examined how perceived and objective crime contributed to differences in loneliness between advantaged and disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The study used cross-sectional data from 3749 individuals aged between 48 and 77 years, residing in 200 neig…
Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage and loneliness
Disadvantaged areas experience higher levels of loneliness than advantaged areas, though studies rarely identify environmental determinants of neighbourhood inequity in loneliness. We studied the contribution of the quantity and quality of green space to neighbourhood inequity in loneliness in three buffer sizes (400 m, 800 m, 1600 m), using cross-sectional data from 3778 individuals aged 48-77 years old living in 200 neighbourhoods in Brisbane, …
An urban neighbourhood framework for realising progress towards the New Urban Agenda for equitable early childhood development
Children consistently exposed to positive, stimulating environments, including their spatial neighbourhood, experience foundations for ongoing optimal development. Recognition of the neighbourhood as a mechanism to enhance wellbeing is reflected in the United Nation's New Urban Agenda. Through a series of innovations and advancements, this paper aims to describe a spatial indicators' framework, the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Development Framew…
Access to and Quality of Neighbourhood Public Open Space and Children’s Mental Health Outcomes
Improving access to neighbourhood public open space appears to be a promising strategy for preventing mental health difficulties and promoting competence in early childhood. Action is needed to redress socio-spatial inequities in access to child friendly public open space
Data to Decisions
Healthy development in the early years lays the foundations for children's ongoing physical, emotional, and social development. Children develop in multiple contexts, including their local neighbourhood. Neighbourhood-built environment characteristics, such as housing, walkability, traffic exposure, availability of services, facilities, and parks, are associated with a range of health and wellbeing outcomes across the life course, but evidence wi…
Outdoor public recreation spaces and social connectedness among adolescents
Background Outdoor public recreation spaces are important settings for leisure and physical activity. Adolescents’ use of these spaces may contribute to social connectedness via social interaction with peers and the community in these settings. However, research on this topic is limited. This exploratory study examined associations of frequency of visitation and physical activity in outdoor public recreation spaces with social connectedness among…
The built environment and early childhood development
This paper explores neighborhood-built environment features related to ‘better than expected’ and ‘as expected’ early childhood development outcomes (ECD) in 14 Australian disadvantaged communities. This paper draws from mixed methods data collected in the Kids in Communities Study – an Australian investigation of community effects on ECD – in communities across five states and territories. In total, 93 interviews and 30 focus groups were conduct…
Environmental Mismatch
Without accurate awareness of features within the built environment, the availability of a supportive built environment alone may not be sufficient to influence physical activity levels. We examined the moderating effects of concordance/discordance between selected objective and perceived built environment features in the relationship between objective built environment features and physical activity. Cross-sectional data from 465 youth aged 12-2…
Does free public transit increase physical activity and independent mobility in children? Study protocol for comparing children’s activity between two Finnish towns with and without free public transi…
There is a need for scalable solutions that can increase children's physical activity independent of their socioeconomic background or place of residence. This project will give information on how a political action to provide free public transit for children is associated with their total physical activity time and independent mobility patterns, therefore providing highly relevant information for political decision-making and for promoting indep…
Residential vs school neighborhoods
Deprivation matters
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Local Housing Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Australian Disadvantaged Communities
Disadvantaged communities tend to have poorer early childhood development outcomes. Access to safe, secure, and stable housing is a well-known social determinant of health but there is a need to examine key features of neighbourhood housing that reduce early childhood development inequities. The 2012 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), a population-wide measure of early childhood development, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-…
Ecological correlates of activity-related behavior typologies among adolescents
A range of intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental correlates appear to play a role in adolescent activity-related typology membership. The findings may inform public health interventions targeting unique adolescent subgroups most at risk of poor health outcomes based on their engagement in combinations of activity-related behaviors
Understanding children’s neighbourhood destinations
Children interact with and are greatly affected by their neighbourhoods. This research aims to understand the places children go in their neighbourhood and their perceptions of them. A child-centred approach was used to map destinations and ask open-ended survey questions, using Maptionnaire (a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) mapping software). Overall, 1102 children aged 7-13 years, from 19 schools in Auckland, New Zea…
Children’s independent mobility
Research has documented the decline in children’s independent mobility (CIM) globally. CIM is a measure of the level of a child’s freedom to move about his or her local neighbourhood without direct adult supervision. This paper explores the effectiveness of three intervention programmes to change travel behaviours of children to and from school in 26 Catholic primary schools in a range of urban and regional settings in Victoria, Australia. Using …
Viewing obesogenic advertising in children's neighbourhoods using Google Street View
The advertising of unhealthy food and beverages forms an important component of obesogenic environments. Such marketing to children is a key health determinant because of its impact on dietary preference and food purchasing behaviour. The location of outdoor advertising is important in exploring obesogenic environments and children's neighbourhoods. The aim of this study is to explore issues involved in the use of Google Street View to examine ou…
Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression
Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing
Social infrastructure requires a consistent and measurable definition and more evidence is needed to demonstrate why it is important to health, wellbeing and the liveability of a community. In this paper, social infrastructure is defined as life-long social service needs related to health, education, early childhood, community support, community development, culture, sport and recreation, parks and emergency services. These services are needed to…
Street network measures and adults' walking for transport
Can neighborhood green space mitigate health inequalities? A study of socio-economic status and mental health
Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health
How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood
School site and the potential to walk to school
The impact of neighborhood walkability on walking
The impact of parents’ fear of strangers and perceptions of informal social control on children's independent mobility
Does the walkability of neighbourhoods affect children's independent mobility, independent of parental, socio-cultural and individual factors
The association between neighbourhood walkability and children's independent mobility using an ecological approach is relatively unexplored. In 2007, 1480 10- to 12-year-old children (and 1314 parents) attending low and high walkable schools across Perth, Western Australia, completed surveys. Objective built environment, social-cultural and individual-level factors were explored. High neighbourhood walkability predicted girls' independent mobilit…
Can neighborhood green space mitigate health inequalities? A study of socio-economic status and mental health
Street network measures and adults' walking for transport
Understanding children’s neighbourhood destinations
Children interact with and are greatly affected by their neighbourhoods. This research aims to understand the places children go in their neighbourhood and their perceptions of them. A child-centred approach was used to map destinations and ask open-ended survey questions, using Maptionnaire (a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) mapping software). Overall, 1102 children aged 7-13 years, from 19 schools in Auckland, New Zea…
Deprivation matters
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Children’s independent mobility
Research has documented the decline in children’s independent mobility (CIM) globally. CIM is a measure of the level of a child’s freedom to move about his or her local neighbourhood without direct adult supervision. This paper explores the effectiveness of three intervention programmes to change travel behaviours of children to and from school in 26 Catholic primary schools in a range of urban and regional settings in Victoria, Australia. Using …
Viewing obesogenic advertising in children's neighbourhoods using Google Street View
The advertising of unhealthy food and beverages forms an important component of obesogenic environments. Such marketing to children is a key health determinant because of its impact on dietary preference and food purchasing behaviour. The location of outdoor advertising is important in exploring obesogenic environments and children's neighbourhoods. The aim of this study is to explore issues involved in the use of Google Street View to examine ou…
Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Indicators of Employment Through a Liveability Lens
An urban neighbourhood framework for realising progress towards the New Urban Agenda for equitable early childhood development
Children consistently exposed to positive, stimulating environments, including their spatial neighbourhood, experience foundations for ongoing optimal development. Recognition of the neighbourhood as a mechanism to enhance wellbeing is reflected in the United Nation's New Urban Agenda. Through a series of innovations and advancements, this paper aims to describe a spatial indicators' framework, the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Development Framew…
Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression
The contribution of objective and perceived crime to neighbourhood socio-economic inequity in loneliness
Loneliness tends to be more prevalent in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods, yet few studies explore the environmental differences contributing to area-based inequity in loneliness. This study examined how perceived and objective crime contributed to differences in loneliness between advantaged and disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The study used cross-sectional data from 3749 individuals aged between 48 and 77 years, residing in 200 neig…
Residential vs school neighborhoods
Encouraging Walking for Transport and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents
School site and the potential to walk to school
How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood
Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors in australian adults
A protective association between neighborhood walkability and obesity was observed. Neighborhood walkability may also be protective of type-2 diabetes mellitus, particularly in men. No association with hypertension or hypercholesterolaemia was found. This warrants further investigation. Findings contribute towards the accumulating evidence that city planning and policy related strategies aimed at creating supportive environments could play an imp…
Does the walkability of neighbourhoods affect children's independent mobility, independent of parental, socio-cultural and individual factors
The association between neighbourhood walkability and children's independent mobility using an ecological approach is relatively unexplored. In 2007, 1480 10- to 12-year-old children (and 1314 parents) attending low and high walkable schools across Perth, Western Australia, completed surveys. Objective built environment, social-cultural and individual-level factors were explored. High neighbourhood walkability predicted girls' independent mobilit…
The impact of parents’ fear of strangers and perceptions of informal social control on children's independent mobility
The impact of neighborhood walkability on walking
Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health
Street network measures and adults' walking for transport
Can neighborhood green space mitigate health inequalities? A study of socio-economic status and mental health
Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Indicators of Employment Through a Liveability Lens
Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing
Social infrastructure requires a consistent and measurable definition and more evidence is needed to demonstrate why it is important to health, wellbeing and the liveability of a community. In this paper, social infrastructure is defined as life-long social service needs related to health, education, early childhood, community support, community development, culture, sport and recreation, parks and emergency services. These services are needed to…
Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression
Local Housing Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Australian Disadvantaged Communities
Disadvantaged communities tend to have poorer early childhood development outcomes. Access to safe, secure, and stable housing is a well-known social determinant of health but there is a need to examine key features of neighbourhood housing that reduce early childhood development inequities. The 2012 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), a population-wide measure of early childhood development, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-…
Ecological correlates of activity-related behavior typologies among adolescents
A range of intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental correlates appear to play a role in adolescent activity-related typology membership. The findings may inform public health interventions targeting unique adolescent subgroups most at risk of poor health outcomes based on their engagement in combinations of activity-related behaviors
Understanding children’s neighbourhood destinations
Children interact with and are greatly affected by their neighbourhoods. This research aims to understand the places children go in their neighbourhood and their perceptions of them. A child-centred approach was used to map destinations and ask open-ended survey questions, using Maptionnaire (a public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) mapping software). Overall, 1102 children aged 7-13 years, from 19 schools in Auckland, New Zea…
Children’s independent mobility
Research has documented the decline in children’s independent mobility (CIM) globally. CIM is a measure of the level of a child’s freedom to move about his or her local neighbourhood without direct adult supervision. This paper explores the effectiveness of three intervention programmes to change travel behaviours of children to and from school in 26 Catholic primary schools in a range of urban and regional settings in Victoria, Australia. Using …
Viewing obesogenic advertising in children's neighbourhoods using Google Street View
The advertising of unhealthy food and beverages forms an important component of obesogenic environments. Such marketing to children is a key health determinant because of its impact on dietary preference and food purchasing behaviour. The location of outdoor advertising is important in exploring obesogenic environments and children's neighbourhoods. The aim of this study is to explore issues involved in the use of Google Street View to examine ou…
Environmental Mismatch
Without accurate awareness of features within the built environment, the availability of a supportive built environment alone may not be sufficient to influence physical activity levels. We examined the moderating effects of concordance/discordance between selected objective and perceived built environment features in the relationship between objective built environment features and physical activity. Cross-sectional data from 465 youth aged 12-2…
Does free public transit increase physical activity and independent mobility in children? Study protocol for comparing children’s activity between two Finnish towns with and without free public transi…
There is a need for scalable solutions that can increase children's physical activity independent of their socioeconomic background or place of residence. This project will give information on how a political action to provide free public transit for children is associated with their total physical activity time and independent mobility patterns, therefore providing highly relevant information for political decision-making and for promoting indep…
Residential vs school neighborhoods
Deprivation matters
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Access to and Quality of Neighbourhood Public Open Space and Children’s Mental Health Outcomes
Improving access to neighbourhood public open space appears to be a promising strategy for preventing mental health difficulties and promoting competence in early childhood. Action is needed to redress socio-spatial inequities in access to child friendly public open space
Data to Decisions
Healthy development in the early years lays the foundations for children's ongoing physical, emotional, and social development. Children develop in multiple contexts, including their local neighbourhood. Neighbourhood-built environment characteristics, such as housing, walkability, traffic exposure, availability of services, facilities, and parks, are associated with a range of health and wellbeing outcomes across the life course, but evidence wi…
Outdoor public recreation spaces and social connectedness among adolescents
Background Outdoor public recreation spaces are important settings for leisure and physical activity. Adolescents’ use of these spaces may contribute to social connectedness via social interaction with peers and the community in these settings. However, research on this topic is limited. This exploratory study examined associations of frequency of visitation and physical activity in outdoor public recreation spaces with social connectedness among…
Medicine (25 obras) · Geography (23 obras) · Psychology (23 obras) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (23 obras) · Sociology (18 obras) · Environmental health (17 obras) · Neighbourhood (mathematics (12 obras) · Urban Green Space and Health (12 obras) · Computer Science (11 obras) · Built environment (10 obras)