Jennifer Ann Mcgetrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1725011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Ann Mcgetrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgetrick |
| SIGNATURE | MCGETRICK J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8572-6331 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces
Objective To assess and compare the favourability of healthy public policy options to promote healthy eating from the perspective of members of the general public and policy influencers in two Canadian provinces. Design The Chronic Disease Prevention Survey, administered in 2016, required participants to rank their level of support for different evidence-based policy options to promote healthy eating at the population level. Pearson’s χ 2 signifi…
Canadian policy perspectives on promoting physical activity across age-friendly communities
Population ageing combined with physical inactivity has critical implications for the public health of communities in the twenty-first century. In the last decade, the World Health Organization launched the age-friendly cities agenda, aiming to address population ageing through whole-systems, rights-based, health equity-focused approaches. An important intervention for age-friendly communities is modifying built environments to support population…
Advocacy coalition impacts on healthy public policy-oriented learning in Alberta, Canada (2009-2016)
Automated content analysis as a tool for research and practice
Public engagement is essential to the procedural and substantive sustainability of environmental assessment. Public hearings present the lowest barrier to entry for public participation, but these forums face competing political pressures for conducting appropriate public engagement within an expeditious process. Repositories of public hearing testimony provide a source of primary data for examining these public engagement issues during environme…
Universal Design for the rural walks of life
Many Canadians have low levels of physical activity, including walking. One public health response is to improve opportunities for walking, or walkability, by changing community built environments. While urban walkability research is expanding, it does not readily apply to smaller, rural communities, leaving a significant knowledge gap. This participatory research project operationalized rural walkability using Universal Design principles to prom…
Circumpolar stakeholder perspectives on Geographic Information Systems for communicating the health impacts of development
Canadian policy perspectives on promoting physical activity across age-friendly communities
Population ageing combined with physical inactivity has critical implications for the public health of communities in the twenty-first century. In the last decade, the World Health Organization launched the age-friendly cities agenda, aiming to address population ageing through whole-systems, rights-based, health equity-focused approaches. An important intervention for age-friendly communities is modifying built environments to support population…
Circumpolar stakeholder perspectives on Geographic Information Systems for communicating the health impacts of development
Advocacy coalition impacts on healthy public policy-oriented learning in Alberta, Canada (2009-2016)
Circumpolar stakeholder perspectives on Geographic Information Systems for communicating the health impacts of development
Automated content analysis as a tool for research and practice
Public engagement is essential to the procedural and substantive sustainability of environmental assessment. Public hearings present the lowest barrier to entry for public participation, but these forums face competing political pressures for conducting appropriate public engagement within an expeditious process. Repositories of public hearing testimony provide a source of primary data for examining these public engagement issues during environme…
Universal Design for the rural walks of life
Many Canadians have low levels of physical activity, including walking. One public health response is to improve opportunities for walking, or walkability, by changing community built environments. While urban walkability research is expanding, it does not readily apply to smaller, rural communities, leaving a significant knowledge gap. This participatory research project operationalized rural walkability using Universal Design principles to prom…
Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces
Objective To assess and compare the favourability of healthy public policy options to promote healthy eating from the perspective of members of the general public and policy influencers in two Canadian provinces. Design The Chronic Disease Prevention Survey, administered in 2016, required participants to rank their level of support for different evidence-based policy options to promote healthy eating at the population level. Pearson’s χ 2 signifi…
Canadian policy perspectives on promoting physical activity across age-friendly communities
Population ageing combined with physical inactivity has critical implications for the public health of communities in the twenty-first century. In the last decade, the World Health Organization launched the age-friendly cities agenda, aiming to address population ageing through whole-systems, rights-based, health equity-focused approaches. An important intervention for age-friendly communities is modifying built environments to support population…
Advocacy coalition impacts on healthy public policy-oriented learning in Alberta, Canada (2009-2016)
Political science (6 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Public policy (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Built environment (2 works)