The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of life. "WHY," I answered without a thought, "NOW." 

~ DAVID GRAYSON


AGING AND HEALTH CLINICAL RESEARCH

Effects of counseling by peer human advisors vs computers to increase walking in underserved populations: The COMPASS Randomized Clinic Trial 

Abby C. King, PhD; Maria Ines Campero, BA; Jylana L. Sheats, PhD; Cynthia M. Castro Sweet, PhD; Michelle E. Hauser, MD, MS, MPA; Dulce Garcia, BA;

Aldo Chazaro, BS; German Blanco, MPH; Jorge Banda, PhD; David K. Ahn, PhD; Juan Fernandez, BS; Timothy Bickmore, PhD

Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articleabstract/2771193utm_campaign=articlePDF&utm_medium=articlePDFlink&utm_source=articlePDF&utm_content=jamainternmed.2020.4143

Helping neighbors: Addressing diabetes as a community

 Abby C. King

Link: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/03/04/helping-neighbors-addressing-diabetes-as-a-community/

Large-Scale Physical Activity Data Reveal Worldwide Activity Inequality

Tim Althoff, Rok Sosič, Jennifer L. Hicks, Abby C. King, Scott L. Delp, & JurLeskovec

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23018

Maximizing the Potential of an Aging Population

Abby C. King, Jack Grueling

Link: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=186811

Physical Activity for an Aging Population

Abby C. King, Diane K. King

Link: http://www.publichealthreviews.eu/show/f/42

Theoretical Approaches to the Promotion of Physical Activity: Forging a Transdisciplinary Paradigm

Abby C. King, Dan Stokols, Emily Talen, Glenn S. Brassington, and Richard Killingsworth

Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379702004701

Aging in neighborhoods differing in walkability and income: associations with physical activity and obesity in older adults

Abby C. King, James F. Sallis, Lawrence D. Frank, Brian E. Saelens, Kelli Cain, Terry L. Conway, James E. Chapman, David K. Ahn, Jacqueline Kerr

Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953611005508

Moderators and Mediators of Exercise-Induced Objective Sleep Improvements in Mid-life and Older Adults with Sleep Complaint

Matthew P. Buman, Eric B. Hekler, Donald L. Bliwise, and Abby C. King

Link: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/hea/30/5/579/


CITIZEN SCIENTIST APPROACH


Comparison of Passive Versus Active Photo Capture of Built Environment Features by Technology Naive Latinos Using The SenseCam and Stanford Healthy Neighborhood Discovery Tool

Jylana L. Sheats, Sandra J. Winter, Priscilla Padilla-Romero, Lisa Goldman-Rosas, Lauren A. Grieco, Abby C. King

Link: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2526669

Citizen Science for Healthy Equity

In the Our Voice approach, Citizen Scientists gather and analyze community data, then share their findings with decision makers to advocate for changes in the local environment, with the ultimate goal of advancing health equity.

The Our Voice Approach

Beginning with neighborhood walks using the Discovery Tool, Citizen Scientists engage in a four-step process to build healthier communities: Discover, Discuss, Activate, Change

Learn More about Our Voice


ECA AND IVR


Employing Virtual Advisors in Preventive Care for Underserved Communities: Results from the COMPASS Study 

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23941610

Harnessing Motivational Forces in the Promotion of Physical Activity: The Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) Project

Abby C. King, Robert Friedman, Bess Marcus, Cynthia M. Castro C, Melissa Napolitano, Bernardine Pinto

Link: https://academic.oup.com/her/article/17/5/627/609460

Ongoing Physical Activity Advice by Humans Versus Computers: The Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) Trial

Abby C. King, Robert Friedman, Bess Marcus, Cynthia M. Castro C, Melissa Napolitano, David Ahn, Lawrence Baker

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18020844

Determining Who Responds Better to a Computer- vs. Human-delivered Physical Activity Intervention: Results from the Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) Trial

Eric B. Heckler, Matthew P. Buman, Jennifer Otten, Cynthia M. Castro, Lauren A. Grieco, Bess Marcus, Robert Friedman, Melissa A. Napolitano, Abby C. King

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053756


MOBILE HEALTH

Smartphone app encourages physical activity, study finds

Link: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/10/first-entirely-digital-clinical-trial-encourages-physical-activi.html

Stanford Researchers Find Intriguing Clues About Obesity By Counting Steps Via Smartphones

Link: https://news.stanford.edu/2017/07/10/stanford-researchers-find-intriguing-clues-obesity-counting-steps-via-smartphones/

Harnessing Different Motivational Frames Via Mobile Phones to Promote Daily Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Aging Adults

Abby C. King, Eric B. Hekler, Lauren A. Grieco, Sandra J. Winter, Jylana L. Sheats, Matthew P. Buman, Banny Banerjee, Thomas N. Robinson, Jesse Cirimele

Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062613

Promoting Physical Activity Through Hand-held Computer Technology

Abby C. King, David Ahn, Brian Oliveira, Audie A. Atienza, Cynthia M. Castro, Christopher D. Gardner

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2715220/

A Case Study of BSUED: Behavioral Science-informed User-experience Design

Eric B. Heckler, Abby C. King, Banny Banerjee, Thomas Robinson, Martin Alonso, Jesse Cirimele, Matthew P. Buman, Frank Chen

Link: http://www.personalinformatics.org/docs/chi2011/hekler.pdf

Mobile health application development and deployment in older adults: Behavioral science perspectives

Lauren A. Grieco, Jylana L. Sheats, Sandra J. Winter, Eric B. Hekler, Matthew P. Buman, Jesse Cirimele, Frank Chen, Abby C. King

Link: Currently unavailable.