"Most people overestimated what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can in ten years."
~ Bill Gates
AGING AND HEALTH CLINICAL RESEARCH
Nature Countrywide natural experiment links built environmental to PA
Tim Althoff, Boris Ivanovic, Abby C King, Jennifer L Hicks, Scott L Delp, Jure Leskovec
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40804514/
Re-thinking Walkability: Synergizing the Pedestrian Environment and Land Use Patterns to Promote Physical Activity in Older Adult
Binay Adhikari, Abby C King, James F Sallis, Brian E Saelens, Eric H Fox, Kelli L Cain, Terry L Conway, Lawrance D Frank
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40959523/
Testing the effectiveness of physical activity advice delivered via text messaging vs. human phone advisors in a Latino population: The On The Move randomized controlled trial design and methods
Abby C. King, Ines Campero, Jylana L Sheats, Cynthia M. Castro Sweet, Patricia Rodriguez Espinoza, Dulce Garcia, Michelle Hauser, Monica Done, Michele L. Patel, Nina M. Parikh, Cecilia Corral, David K Anh
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32659437/
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/fullarticle/2771193
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 M. Guralnik, MD, PhD
Link: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=186811
Physical Activity for an Aging Population
Abby C. King, Diane K. King
Link: https://publichealthreviews.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/BF03391609
Theoretical Approaches to the Promotion of Physical Activity: Forging a Transdisciplinary Paradigm
Abby C. King PhD, Dan Stokols PhD, Emily Talen PhD, Glenn S. Brassington PhD, and Richard Killingsworth PhD.
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 Complaints
Matthew P. Buman, Eric B. Hekler, Donald L. Bliwise, and Abby C. King
CITIZEN SCIENTIST APPROACH
Our Voice helps citizen scientists—ages 7 to 100—address childhood health
The Promise and Perils of AI in Advancing Participatory Science and Health Equity in Public Health.
King AC, Doueiri NZ, Kaulberg A, Rosas LG. (2025).
JMIR Public Health & Surveillance; 11: e65699. DOI 10.2196/65699. PubMedID 39963973.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39963973/
UNESCO
Highlights: Sport and Gender Equality Game plan
How to Promote Health Equity and Active Living through Citizen Science and Technology.
Sport and Gender Equality Game Plan: Guidelines for Gender-Transformative Sport Policies and Programmes, UNESCO, 2024, pp. 136-137.
King, Abby C., Maja Pedersen, and Zakaria Doueiri.
Link: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000390527.locale=en
Engaging diverse midlife and older adults in a multilevel participatory physical activity intervention: evaluating impacts using Ripple Effects Mapping
Patricia Rodriguez Espinoza, Abby C. King, Isela Blanco-Velazquez, Ann W. Bnachoff, Maria Ines Campero, Wei-ting Cheng & Lisa G, Rosas
Link: https://academic.oup.com/tbm/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/tbm/ibad018/7100621
Maximizing the promise of citizen science to advance health and prevent disease
Abby C. King, Sandra J. Winter, Benjamin W. Chrisinger, Jenna Hua and Ann W. Banchoft
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687391/
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
Link: https://med.stanford.edu/ourvoice.html
The Our Voice Approach
MOBILE HEALTH
Human Telephone vs Text Message Counseling and Physical Activity Among Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Abby C King, Maria Ines Campero, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Dulce Garacia, Cecilia Corral, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Lan Xiao, Michael F Royer, Astrid Zamora, Ana L Cortes, Monica Done, Jorge A Banda
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40906479/
Testing the effectiveness of community-engaged citizen science to promote physical activity, foster healthier neighborhood environments, and advance health equity in vulnerable communities: The Steps for Change randomized controlled trial design and methods
Abby C. King, Maria I. Campero, Dulce Garcia, Isela Blanco-Velazquez, Ann Banchoff, Fernando Fierros, Michele Escobar, Ana L. Cortes, Jylana L. Sheats, Jenna Hua, Aldo Chazaro, Monica Done, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Daniel Vuong, David K. Ahn.
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34371162/
Smartphone app encourages physical activity, study finds
October 9, 2019 - By Hanae Armitage
Stanford Researchers Find Intriguing Clues About Obesity By 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.
ECA AND IVR
Testing the comparative effects of physical activity advice by humans vs. computers in underserved populations: The COMPASS trial design, methods, and baseline characteristics
Abby C King a,b,*, Ines Campero b, Jylana L Sheats b,1, Cynthia M Castro Sweet b,2, Dulce Garcia b, Aldo Chazaro b, German Blanco b, Michelle Hauser b, Fernando Fierros b, David K Ahn b, Jose Diaz b, Monica Done b, Juan Fernandez c, Timothy Bickmore c
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987528/
Employing Virtual Advisors in Preventive Care for Underserved Communities: Results from the COMPASS Study
Abby C. King, Timothy W. Bickmore, Maria I. Campero, Leslie A Pruitt, James Langxuan Yin
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