James F Sallis
Biographic Data
| ID | 234890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James F Sallis |
| GIVEN NAMES | James F |
| FAMILY NAME | Sallis |
| SIGNATURE | SALLIS J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2555-9452 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 168 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 567 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 168 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Dose-response associations between a walkability index and adults' domain-specific walking: A study of 95 cities in Japan
We examined dose–response relations between a Japan Postcode-level Walkability Index (JPWI) and total walking, walking for leisure; and walking for transport, among adults living in 95 cities across the country. This nationwide cross-sectional study included 40,286 adults (males 50.5%, 49.4 ± 15.6 years) residing in a wide range of urban and rural settings, who responded to a web-based survey conducted in 2021 using quota sampling. The JPWI was c…
Parkour and Intrinsic Motivation: An Exploratory Multimethod Analysis of Self-Determination Theory in an Emerging Sport
Self Determination Theory posits that individuals may be more likely to initiate and maintain behaviors tied to intrinsic (vs. extrinsic) motivations and may provide a useful framework for understanding youth participation in novel sports. Using the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) and Patient-Centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise Plus Nutrition (PACE+) surveys, motivation and physical activity habits were explored in 27 children/ad…
Neighbourhood, school and home food environment associations with dietary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents: The iHealth study
This study is the first to examine whether neighbourhood, school and home food environments were associated with dietary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents; and whether off-campus lunch school policy, bringing lunch from home and parental rules for eating behaviours moderated the associations. We used data from the international Healthy environments and active living in teenagers - (Hong Kong) [iHealt(H)] study. Participants were healthy adolesc…
Evaluating the performance of spatial indicators of destination accessibility for physical activity research: A Comparative International Analysis
Re-thinking walkability: Synergizing the pedestrian environment and land use patterns to promote physical activity in older adults
Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and 6-Year Changes in Cardiometabolic Health in Hispanics/Latinos: HCHS/Sol Casas
Development, scoring, and reliability for the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes for Safe Routes to School (Maps-SRTS) instrument
The MAPS-SRTS audit tool is a reliable instrument for measuring the school travel environment for research and evaluation purposes, such as assessing human-scale determinants of active commuting to school behavior and documenting built environment changes from infrastructure interventions
Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood
Neighborhood walkability, neighborhood social health, and self-selection among U.S. adults
Neighborhood walkability may promote specific aspects of neighborhood social health, which together are beneficial for physical and mental health. These findings provide additional impetus for enhancing walkability of US communities
Psychosocial Correlates of Meeting National Guidelines for Muscle-Strengthening Activities in Latinas
Background Performing regular muscle-strengthening activity has numerous health benefits, including improvements in blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c, and lean body mass. Despite the disproportionate prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic disease in Latinas (diabetes, hypertension, obesity), most do not report meeting the national guidelines for muscle-strengthening activity. Existing physical activity (PA) research in Latinas has focused almost ex…
Policy-Relevant Spatial Indicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global
Urban liveability is a global priority for creating healthy, sustainable cities. Measurement of policy-relevant spatial indicators of the built and natural environment supports city planning at all levels of government. Analysis of their spatial distribution within cities, and impacts on individuals and communities, is crucial to ensure planning decisions are effective and equitable. This paper outlines challenges and lessons from a 5-year collab…
The TROLLEY Study: Assessing travel, health, and equity impacts of a new light rail transit investment during the Covid-19 pandemic
The TROLLEY study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT04940481 ) June 17, 2021, and OSF Registries ( https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PGEHU ) June 24, 2021, prior to participant enrollment
Micro-scale pedestrian streetscapes and physical activity in Hispanic/Latino adults: Results from HCHS/SOL
We examined associations of micro-scale environment attributes (e.g., sidewalks, street crossings) with three physical activity (PA) measures among Hispanic/Latino adults (n = 1776) living in San Diego County, CA. Systematic observation was used to quantify micro-scale environment attributes near each participant's home. Total PA was assessed with accelerometers, and PA for transportation and recreation were assessed by validated self-report. Alt…
Associations of park features with park use and park-based physical activity in an urban environment in Asia: A cross-sectional study
Social and built neighborhood environments and blood pressure 6 years later: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and the SOL Casas ancillary study
An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health
Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water, protection from floods, and climate security, among other well-studied health benefits. A crucial, yet challenging, research frontier is clarifying how nature promotes physical activity for its many mental and physical health benefits, particularly in densely populated cities with scarce and dw…
Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe Covid-19 outcomes: A study in 48 440 adult patients
OBJECTIVES: To compare hospitalisation rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and mortality for patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive, doing some activity or consistently meeting physical activity guidelines. METHODS: We identified 48 440 adult patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis from 1 January 2020 to 21 October 2020, with at least three exercise vital sign measurements from 19 March 2018 to 18 March 2020. We linked each pati…
Device-Measured and Self-Reported Active Travel Associations with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adults
Active travel (AT) provides an opportunity to alleviate the physical inactivity and climate crises contributing to the global chronic disease burden, including cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Though AT shows promising links to reduced CVD risk, prior studies relied on self-reported AT assessment. In the present study, device-measured and self-reported AT were compared across population subgroups and relationships with CVD risk biomarkers were eval…
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Depression Symptoms in Adults From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Socioeconomic factors appear to impact mental health conditions such as depression, but little is known about the relative and combined role of neighborhood and personal socioeconomic deprivation among Hispanics/Latinos. This study examined cross‐sectional associations of neighborhood and personal socioeconomic deprivation with depression symptoms in a US Hispanic/Latino population from the San Diego Field Center of the Hispanic Community Health …
Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (Ipen) Adult Study
Creating more physical activity–supportive built environments is recommended by the World Health Organization for controlling noncommunicable diseases. The IPEN (International Physical Activity and Environment Network) Adult Study was undertaken to provide international evidence on associations of built environments with physical activity and weight status in 12 countries on 5 continents ( n > 14,000). This article presents reanalyzed data from e…
Do physical activity and sedentary time mediate the association of the perceived environment with BMI? The Ipen adult study
Surveillance of Physical Activity: Actions Needed to Support New Federal Guidelines
Associations of Neighborhood Walkability with Sedentary Time in Nigerian Older Adults
Previous studies have investigated the potential role of neighborhood walkability in reducing sedentary behavior. However, the majority of this research has been conducted in adults and Western developed countries. The purpose of the present study was to examine associations of neighborhood environmental attributes with sedentary time among older adults in Nigeria. Data from 353 randomly-selected community-dwelling older adults (60 years and abov…
Protocol for a cross sectional study of cancer risk, environmental exposures and lifestyle behaviors in a diverse community sample: The Community of Mine study
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02094170 , 03/21/2014
Objectively measured access to recreational destinations and leisure-time physical activity: Associations and demographic moderators in a six-country study
Neighborhood-Based Differences in Physical Activity: An Environment Scale Evaluation
Objectives. This study evaluated a neighborhood environment survey and compared the physical activity and weight status of the residents in 2 neighborhoods. Methods. On 2 occasions, 107 adults from neighborhoods with differing “walkability” were selected to complete a survey on their neighborhood environment. Physical activity was assessed by self-report and by accelerometer; height and weight were assessed by self-report. Results. Neighborhood e…
Neighborhood built environment and income: Examining multiple health outcomes
Aging in neighborhoods differing in walkability and income: Associations with physical activity and obesity in older adults
Physical activity social support and middle- and older-aged minority women: Results from a US survey
Contribution of streetscape audits to explanation of physical activity in four age groups based on the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (Maps)
Linking green space to neighborhood social capital in older adults: The role of perceived safety
Income disparities in perceived neighborhood built and social environment attributes
Association between neighborhood walkability and GPS-measured walking, bicycling and vehicle time in adolescents
Cohesion and Adaptability in Mexican-American and Anglo Families
This article reports data from a community sample of Anglos and Mexican Americans concerning two dimensions of family functioning: cohesion and adaptability. The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales-II (FACES) were used with a sample of 294 parents with school-age children who were taking part in a large community-based health promotion project. In addition, an acculturation measure was used in order to test for differences that mig…
Objectively-assessed neighbourhood destination accessibility and physical activity in adults from 10 countries: An analysis of moderators and perceptions as mediators
Measuring the Environment for Friendliness Toward Physical Activity: A Comparison of the Reliability of 3 Questionnaires
Objectives. We tested the reliability of 3 instruments that assessed social and physical environments. Methods. We conducted a test–retest study among US adults (n = 289). We used telephone survey methods to measure suitableness of the perceived (vs objective) environment for recreational physical activity and nonmotorized transportation. Results. Most questions in our surveys that attempted to measure specific characteristics of the built enviro…
Mediators of Increased Physical Activity and Change in Subjective Well-being: Results from the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT)
The purpose of this study was to examine whether change in satisfaction with physical function (SF), satisfaction with physical appearance (SA), and self-efficacy (SE) mediate the effects that increased physical activity has on change in subjective well-being (SWB). Participants in this investigation consisted of 854 men ( n = 471) and women ( n = 383) who took part in the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT). ACT was a 24-month multicenter, randomize…
Some health dimensions of self-efficacy: Analysis of theoretical specificity
Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults’ leisure-time physical activity: Findings from Belgium, Australia and the USA
Explanation of vigorous physical activity during two years using social learning variables
Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults' sedentary behavior: Findings from the USA, Australia and Belgium
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults
Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The Ipen adult study
Do neighborhood environments moderate the effect of physical activity lifestyle interventions in adults
Neighborhood Crime-Related Safety and Its Relation to Children’s Physical Activity
Perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes associated with adults׳ recreational walking: Ipen Adult study in 12 countries
Adolescents’ Use of Indoor Tanning: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Psychosocial, Environmental, and Policy-Level Correlates
Objectives. We evaluated psychosocial, built-environmental, and policy-related correlates of adolescents’ indoor tanning use. Methods. We developed 5 discrete data sets in the 100 most populous US cities, based on interviews of 6125 adolescents (aged 14–17 years) and their parents, analysis of state indoor tanning laws, interviews with enforcement experts, computed density of tanning facilities, and evaluations of these 3399 facilities’ practices…
Leisure Research, Active Lifestyles, and Public Health
Leisure researchers have long examined the many ways in which people use their leisure time and interact with leisure-related resources including parks and recreation facilities. This special issue
Social and built neighborhood environments and blood pressure 6 years later: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and the SOL Casas ancillary study
Patterns of neighborhood environment attributes in relation to children's physical activity
Increasing returns of physician surveys
Increasing returns of physician surveys. J F Sallis, S P Fortmann, D S Solomon, and J W FarquharCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.74.9.1043 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Physical Activity Assessment Methodology in the Five-City Project1
Previous measures of physical activity for epidemiologic studies were considered inadequate to meet the needs of a community-based health education trial. Therefore, new methods of quantifying the physical activity habits of communities were developed which are practical for large health surveys, provide information on the distribution of activity habits in the population, can detect changes in activity over time, and can be compared with other e…
Cohesion and Adaptability in Mexican-American and Anglo Families
This article reports data from a community sample of Anglos and Mexican Americans concerning two dimensions of family functioning: cohesion and adaptability. The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales-II (FACES) were used with a sample of 294 parents with school-age children who were taking part in a large community-based health promotion project. In addition, an acculturation measure was used in order to test for differences that mig…
The development of scales to measure social support for diet and exercise behaviors
The development of self-efficacy scales for healthrelated diet and exercise behaviors
The purpose of the study was to develop selfefficacy scales specifically for health-related eating and exercise behaviors. Study I consisted of interviews with 40 individuals to identify behavioral and situational components of dietary and exercise change. In Study II items derived from their responses were administered to 171 subjects. Principal-components factor analysis yielded two meaningful exercise self-efficacy factors and five dietary sel…
Some health dimensions of self-efficacy: Analysis of theoretical specificity
Social learning correlates of exercise self-efficacy: Early experiences with physical activity
Physical Education's Role in Public Health
The public health community is becoming increasingly interested in the potential contributions of school physical education to child health. School physical education is seen as an ideal site for the promotion of regular physical activity because up to 97% of elementary school children participate in some sort of physical education program. For maximal public health benefit, school physical education programs should prepare children for a lifetim…
Family-based cardiovascular risk reduction education among Mexican and Anglo-Americans
Nader, Philip R. MD; Sallis, James F. PhD; Abramson, Ian S. PhD; Broyles, Shelia L. PhD; Patterson, Thomas L. PhD; Senn, Karen EdD; Rupp, Joan W. MS, RD; Nelson, Julie A. BS Author Information
Explanation of vigorous physical activity during two years using social learning variables
Compendium of Physical Activities: Classification of energy costs of human physical activities
A coding scheme is presented for classifying physical activity by rate of energy expenditure, i.e., by intensity. Energy cost was established by a review of published and unpublished data. This coding scheme employs five digits that classify activity by purpose (i.e., sports, occupation, self-care), the specific type of activity, and its intensity as the ratio of work metabolic rate to resting metabolic rate (METs). Energy expenditure in kilocalo…
Seven-day recall and other physical activity self-reports in children and adolescents
There is need to develop low cost, practical, and accurate measures of physical activity in children and adolescents, and self-report is a promising methodology for children that is applicable for large studies. The purpose of the present study was to assess the reliability and validity of several self-reports of physical activity. Subjects were 36 fifth-, 36 eighth-, and 30 eleventh-grade male and female students. The test-retest reliabilities w…
The long-term prevention of tobacco use among junior high school students: Classroom and telephone interventions
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a long-term tobacco use prevention program for junior high school students that used college undergraduate change agents and telephone boosters. METHODS. A psychosocial intervention combining refusal skills training, contingency management, and other tobacco use prevention methodologies such as telephone and mail boosters was implemented in 11 junior high sch…
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Anglo and Mexican American Children and Their Mothers
Cardiovascular disease risk factors may vary in different ethnic and socioeconomic status groups, and it is important to explore these factors. Cardiovascular disease risk factors, eating behavior, and physical activity were studied in lower to middle socioeconomic status (SES) Anglo American (N=146) and Mexican American (N=201) families, each with a preschool child. Independent variables were child's gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and …
Assessing children's ultraviolet radiation exposure: The potential usefulness of a colorimeter
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the colorimeter as an objective measure of children's ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure. METHODS: Fifty-eight children, ages 6 to 9 years, attended two summer measurement sessions, with 46 attending a subsequent winter session. RESULTS: Comparisons between summer sessions for the L* scale showed that only the upper arm significantly changed in the tanner direction, while b* scale values indicated significant tan…
Assessing Perceived Physical Environmental Variables that May Influence Physical Activity
The present study evaluated a measure of perceived physical environments that may influence physical activity. Forty-three self-report items were used to assess environmental variables at homes, in neighborhoods, or on frequently traveled routes. The presence of facilitators of (e.g., equipment, programs, attractive surroundings) and barriers to (e.g., high crime) physical activity was assessed. In 110 college students, test-retest reliabilities …
Assessing children's ultraviolet radiation exposure: The use of parental recall via telephone interviews
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the validity of a parental report measure of children's solar protection behaviors. METHODS: Fifty-eight children had skin color assessed twice with a colorimeter. Between measurement sessions, parents were interviewed by telephone to assess children's indoor-outdoor status and solar protection across 40 hourly intervals. RESULTS: Parental report of child's indoor-outdoor status was significantly correlated with t…
Promoting skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effects of an intervention on rates of skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists. METHODS: Fifty-four pharmacies were randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions. Intervention consisted of training, feedback, and prompts. Counseling rates before and after the intervention were obtained from study confederates. RESULTS: At pretest, the proportions of control and intervention sites providing c…
Promoting sunscreen in a community drugstore
Promoting sunscreen in a community drugstore. R C Palmer, J A Mayer, L Eckhardt, and J F SallisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.4.681 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Comparison of Rated and Ranked Health and Lifestyle Values
A Modified Exercise-induced Feeling Inventory for Chronic Training and Baseline Profiles of Participants in the Activity Counseling Trial
An earlier study reported on the development of a scale to measure feeling states during acute bouts of exercise: the Exercise-induced Feeling Inventory (EFI-A). The present study reports on the psychometric properties of a revised scale to assess responses to habitual or chronic physical activity: the EFI-C. The EFI-C was administered during baseline testing to 830 sedentary men and women patients with a mean age of 51.5 years. Factor analytic p…
Physical activity social support and middle- and older-aged minority women: Results from a US survey
Ash of Stars: On the Writings of Samuel Delany
Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial–ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women.
Assessment of Physical Activity by Self-Report: Status, Limitations, and Future Directions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames F. SallisJames F. Sallis, Ph.D. and Brian E. Saelens, Ph.D. are with the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University.Brian E. SaelensJames F. Sallis, Ph.D. and Brian E. Saelens, Ph.D. are with the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University.
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