Aaron uses geospatial analytics to consider how, where, and why our public built environments impact health behaviors such as physical activity and recreation. He develops crowdsourcing approaches and uses emerging sensor technologies to study and visualize the interaction between built environments and community health behaviors. He is currently using webcams, web apps, GPS, and accelerometers in data collection. Other interests include infrastructure that supports workplace health, park use and accessibility, and geospatial decision support systems.
Roles
Publications
- Frequency of Neighborhood Park Use Is Associated With Physical Activity Among Adults in Four US Cities (2021)
- Land use diversity and park use in New York City (2021)
- Measuring Nature Contact: A Narrative Review (2021)
- The association between neighborhood quality, youth physical fitness, and modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors (2021)
- Automated High-Frequency Observations of Physical Activity Using Computer Vision (2020)
- Challenges recruiting diverse youth for physical activity research (2020)
- Effects of crime type and location on park use behavior (2020)
- Nature Prescriptions for Health: A Review of Evidence and Research Opportunities (2020)
- Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York City (2020)
- ParkIndex: Validation and application of a pragmatic measure of park access and use (2020)