Benoît Thierry

Biographic Data

ID3582152
NAMEBenoît Thierry
GIVEN NAMESBenoît
FAMILY NAMEThierry
SIGNATURETHIERRY B
AFFILIATIONSUniversité de Montréal
ORCID0000-0001-8767-1525
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS34
WORKS AS AUTHOR19
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Individual and Environmental Correlations with Vaccination Status in Canada

    Open AccessNeda Firouraghi, Eve Dubé et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2026

  • Activity space patterns and loneliness

    Open AccessShahab MohammadEbrahimi, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2026References: 7

    INTRODUCTION: This study examines the association between activity space and loneliness, hypothesizing that individuals with broader (i.e., more spatially extensive and diverse) daily movement patterns are less likely to experience loneliness. METHODS: Data were derived from the COHESION Study, a nationwide Canadian cohort. Participants (N = 1176) who completed the VERITAS map questionnaire were included. The primary outcome, loneliness, was asse…

  • Urban vegetation and well‐being

    Open AccessRita Sousa‐silva, Yan Kestens et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025

    As urbanisation continues to accelerate, urban green spaces are increasingly recognised as key elements for enhancing people's health and well‐being. However, most research has used vegetation metrics that may not capture the specific associations between different types of vegetation and different mental health outcomes. In this study, we investigate the cross‐sectional associations between residential vegetation exposure and individual well‐bei…

  • Evaluating the protective effect of public open space on social connectedness

    Open AccessMeridith Sones, D Fuller et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025References: 4

    Community design has the potential to address urban isolation and loneliness at a population level, but limited research on the causal effects of the built environment constrains evidence-based action in cities. This study examined the effect of public open space on changes in social connectedness among adults (n = 665) during the COVID-19 pandemic, using geospatial data from OpenStreetMap and health survey data from three cities (Montréal, Saska…

  • Associations between gentrification, census tract-level socioeconomic status, and cycling infrastructure expansions in Montreal, Canada

    Open AccessBehzad Kiani, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2024

    Montreal's municipal cycling infrastructure programs did not exacerbate socioeconomic disparities in cycling infrastructure from 2011 to 2016 in CTs with pre-existing infrastructure. However, it is crucial to prioritize the implementation of cycling infrastructure in CTs with high populations of visible minorities, particularly in CTs where no cycling infrastructure currently exists

  • Exposure to useable green space and physical activity during active travel

    Open AccessSanna Pasanen, Jaana I Halonen et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2024References: 1

    Green spaces may serve as population level interventions encouraging active travel. We examined the associations between exposure to useable green space (CORINE Land Cover categories) and physical activity during active travel (GPS and accelerometer) among late middle-aged participants from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (n = 102). Greater proportion of useable green space was associated with higher physical activity during active travel …

  • Gentrification, neighborhood socioeconomic factors and urban vegetation inequities

    Open AccessBehzad Kiani, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2023

    This study investigates the relationship between increasing urban vegetation and census tract-level green inequities, as well as the role of social indicators in this relationship. We analyzed the augmentation of greenspace and tree canopy in Montreal, Canada, between 2011 and 2017, and its effect on green inequities based on material deprivation, the percentage of visible minorities, and gentrification status using Poisson spatial random effect …

  • Gentrification, perceptions of neighborhood change, and mental health in Montréal, Québec

    Open AccessAmy J Youngbloom, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2023

    While census-defined measures of gentrification are often used in research on gentrification and health, surveys can be used to better understand how residents perceive neighborhood change, and the implications for mental health. Whether or not gentrification affects mental health may depend on the extent to which an individual perceives changes in their neighborhood. Using health and map-based survey data, collected from 2020 to 2021, from the I…

  • How is the Covid-19 pandemic impacting our life, mental health, and well-being? Design and preliminary findings of the pan-Canadian longitudinal Cohesion study

    Open AccessStephan Gabet, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The COHESION Study will allow identifying trajectories of mental health and well-being while investigating their determinants and how these may vary by subgroup, over time, and across different provinces in Canada, in varying context including the pandemic recovery period. Our findings will contribute valuable insights to the urban health field and inform future public health interventions

  • Does work-related and commuting physical activity predict changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the transition to retirement? GPS and accelerometer study

    Open AccessSanna Pasanen, Jaana I Halonen et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2023

    We examined how GPS and accelerometer measured work-related and commuting physical activity contribute to changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the retirement transition in the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (n = 118). Lower work-related activity was associated with a decrease in sedentary time and an increase in light physical activity during retirement. Conversely, higher work-related activity was associated with an inc…

  • The temporal sequence between gentrification and cycling infrastructure expansions in Montreal, Canada

    Open AccessBehzad Kiani, Hiroshi Mamiya et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2023Cited by: 3References: 48

    Increases in cycling infrastructure might be linked to gentrification. However, there is little empirical evidence investigating the existence and directionality of this possible relationship. This study examined the temporal sequence involved in the relation between gentrification and increases in the cycling infrastructure in Montreal, Canada. We analyzed changes in cycling infrastructure between 2006, 2011, and 2016, considering cyclist-only p…

  • What triggers selective daily mobility among older adults? A study comparing trip and environmental characteristics between observed path and shortest path

    Open AccessSylvain Klein, Ruben Brondeel et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021Cited by: 1References: 11

  • Wave 1 results of the INTerventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (Interact) cohort study

    Open AccessD Fuller, Scott Bell et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021References: 9

    Built environment interventions have the potential to improve population health and reduce health inequities. The objective of this paper is to present the first wave of the INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) cohort studies in Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon, and Montreal, Canada. We examine how our cohorts compared to Canadian census data and present summary data for our outcomes of interest (physical activity, well-bei…

  • Changes in physical activity by context and residential greenness among recent retirees

    Open AccessSanna Pasanen, Jaana I Halonen et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021Cited by: 2References: 3

    This study examined the changes in accelerometer-measured physical activity by GPS-measured contexts among Finnish retirees (n = 45 (537 measurement days)) participating in a physical activity intervention. We also assessed whether residential greenness, measured with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, moderated the changes. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) increased at home by 7 min/day, (P < 0.001) and during active travel by …

  • Interact

    Open AccessYan Kestens, Meghan Winters et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    INTERACT aims to advance the evidence base on population health intervention research and address challenges related to big data, knowledge mobilization and engagement, ethics, and causality. We will collect ~ 100 TB of sensor data from participants over 5 years. We will address these challenges using interdisciplinary partnerships, training of highly qualified personnel, and modern methodologies for using sensor-based data

  • Neighbourhood walkability and home neighbourhood-based physical activity

    Open AccessSamantha Hajna, Yan Kestens et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Higher neighbourhood walkability is associated with higher home neighbourhood-based PA but not with higher overall PA. Other factors will need to be leveraged to facilitate meaningful increases in overall PA among adults with type 2 diabetes

  • Re-creating daily mobility histories for health research from raw GPS tracks

    Open AccessYan Kestens, Benoît Thierry et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2016Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Differences in associations between active transportation and built environmental exposures when expressed using different components of individual activity spaces

    Open AccessTorbjorn van Heeswijck, Catherine Paquet et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2015Cited by: 2References: 4

  • Assessing patterns of spatial behavior in health studies

    Open AccessCamille Perchoux, Yan Kestens et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 25References: 53