Laura Nieuwendyk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3574564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Nieuwendyk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Nieuwendyk |
| SIGNATURE | NIEUWENDYK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Evidence-informed recommendations for municipal supports of people experiencing homelessness during extreme weather events
Municipalities are increasingly faced with a growing climate justice issue: the intersection of rising housing vulnerabilities (e.g. increased rates of homelessness) and climate hazards (e.g. extreme weather events), which disproportionately impact people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Despite the strong role that municipalities have to play in supporting PEH during extreme weather events, municipal interventions remain poorly researched. To in…
Supporting healthy community decision-making in municipalities
Healthy communities encompass diverse intersecting factors that critically influence people's health. This analytic document review of Canadian toolkits sought to understand what evidence-informed resources and recommendations are currently available to support the creation and development of healthy communities. Nineteen documents published between 2006-2020 met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Attention was paid to key factors identifi…
An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries
The Framework reveals the intersectionality of root causes and consequences of financial strain and poor financial wellbeing, while also reinforcing the need for tailored actions to promote socioeconomic and health equity for all people. The dynamic, systemic interplay of the entry points illustrated in the Framework suggest opportunities for multi-sectoral, collaborative action across government and organizations towards systems change and the p…
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…
Perceived community environmental influences on eating behaviors
People's perceptions of local food environments influence their abilities to eat healthily. PhotoVoice participants from four communities in Alberta, Canada took pictures of barriers and opportunities for healthy eating and shared their stories in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Using a socioecological framework, emergent themes were organized by type and size of environment. Findings show that, while availability and access to food outlet…
Perceptions of healthy eating in four Alberta communities
Understanding Older Adults’ Usage of Community Green Spaces in Taipei, Taiwan
As the world's population ages, there is an increasing need for community environments to support physical activity and social connections for older adults. This exploratory study sought to better understand older adults' usage and perceptions of community green spaces in Taipei, Taiwan, through direct observations of seven green spaces and nineteen structured interviews. Descriptive statistics from observations using the System for Observing Pla…
How community environment shapes physical activity
Community Health and the Built Environment
The Community Health and the Built Environment (CHBE) project investigated the role of place in interventions for chronic disease prevention in order to identify contextual factors that may foster or inhibit intervention success. This paper presents a project model comprising objective-outsider and subjective-insider perspectives in a multi-method, community-based participatory research approach with an emphasis on knowledge exchange. The collabo…
Examining Aspects of the Built Environment
Photovoice as a Method for Revealing Community Perceptions of the Built and Social Environment
Over the last number of years there has been growing interest in the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for preventing and controlling complex public health problems. Photovoice is one of several qualitative methods utilized in CBPR, as it is a participatory method that has community participants use photography, and stories about their photographs, to identify and represent issues of importance to them. Over the past several ye…
Photovoice as a Method for Revealing Community Perceptions of the Built and Social Environment
Over the last number of years there has been growing interest in the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for preventing and controlling complex public health problems. Photovoice is one of several qualitative methods utilized in CBPR, as it is a participatory method that has community participants use photography, and stories about their photographs, to identify and represent issues of importance to them. Over the past several ye…
How community environment shapes physical activity
Perceived community environmental influences on eating behaviors
People's perceptions of local food environments influence their abilities to eat healthily. PhotoVoice participants from four communities in Alberta, Canada took pictures of barriers and opportunities for healthy eating and shared their stories in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Using a socioecological framework, emergent themes were organized by type and size of environment. Findings show that, while availability and access to food outlet…
Perceptions of healthy eating in four Alberta communities
Examining Aspects of the Built Environment
Photovoice as a Method for Revealing Community Perceptions of the Built and Social Environment
Over the last number of years there has been growing interest in the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for preventing and controlling complex public health problems. Photovoice is one of several qualitative methods utilized in CBPR, as it is a participatory method that has community participants use photography, and stories about their photographs, to identify and represent issues of importance to them. Over the past several ye…
Examining Aspects of the Built Environment
Community Health and the Built Environment
The Community Health and the Built Environment (CHBE) project investigated the role of place in interventions for chronic disease prevention in order to identify contextual factors that may foster or inhibit intervention success. This paper presents a project model comprising objective-outsider and subjective-insider perspectives in a multi-method, community-based participatory research approach with an emphasis on knowledge exchange. The collabo…
Understanding Older Adults’ Usage of Community Green Spaces in Taipei, Taiwan
As the world's population ages, there is an increasing need for community environments to support physical activity and social connections for older adults. This exploratory study sought to better understand older adults' usage and perceptions of community green spaces in Taipei, Taiwan, through direct observations of seven green spaces and nineteen structured interviews. Descriptive statistics from observations using the System for Observing Pla…
How community environment shapes physical activity
Perceptions of healthy eating in four Alberta communities
Perceived community environmental influences on eating behaviors
People's perceptions of local food environments influence their abilities to eat healthily. PhotoVoice participants from four communities in Alberta, Canada took pictures of barriers and opportunities for healthy eating and shared their stories in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Using a socioecological framework, emergent themes were organized by type and size of environment. Findings show that, while availability and access to food outlet…
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…
Supporting healthy community decision-making in municipalities
Healthy communities encompass diverse intersecting factors that critically influence people's health. This analytic document review of Canadian toolkits sought to understand what evidence-informed resources and recommendations are currently available to support the creation and development of healthy communities. Nineteen documents published between 2006-2020 met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Attention was paid to key factors identifi…
An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries
The Framework reveals the intersectionality of root causes and consequences of financial strain and poor financial wellbeing, while also reinforcing the need for tailored actions to promote socioeconomic and health equity for all people. The dynamic, systemic interplay of the entry points illustrated in the Framework suggest opportunities for multi-sectoral, collaborative action across government and organizations towards systems change and the p…
Evidence-informed recommendations for municipal supports of people experiencing homelessness during extreme weather events
Municipalities are increasingly faced with a growing climate justice issue: the intersection of rising housing vulnerabilities (e.g. increased rates of homelessness) and climate hazards (e.g. extreme weather events), which disproportionately impact people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Despite the strong role that municipalities have to play in supporting PEH during extreme weather events, municipal interventions remain poorly researched. To in…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Photovoice (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)