Deepti Adlakha

Need and Interest in Nature Prescriptions to Protect Cardiovascular and Mental Health: A Nationally-Representative Study With Insights for Future Randomised Trials

HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION, 32(1), 114–123.

Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH, 20(2), 112–128.

"Green Enough Ain't Good Enough:" Public Perceptions and Emotions Related to Green Infrastructure in Environmental Justice Communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1448.

Are urban design and transport policies creating healthy, active cities across the world?

Giles-Corti, B., Boeing, G., Adlakha, D., Cerin, E., Lowe, M., Higgs, C., … Sallis, J. (2022, October). Presented at the 7th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Assessing the Impact of a New Urban Greenway Using Mobile, Wearable Technology-Elicited Walk- and Bike-Along Interviews

Sustainability, 14(3), 1873.

Calculation of policy-relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability: experiences of scaling a research programme from local to global

UBLISHER 10th State of Australasian Cities National Conference, 1-3 December 2021, Melbourne, Australia. Presented at the 10th State of Australasian Cities National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Case study from Asia Push for pedal power: urban mobility and the rise of bicycling in Indian cities

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, pp. 217–224.

City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E882–E894.

Creating healthy and sustainable cities: what gets measured, gets done

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E782–E785.

Design for all ages

Presented at the National Park Service, Healthy Parks Healthy People Learning Expedition, Durham, NC, USA.

Designing for outdoor play and healthy childhoods: A call to action

Keynote presented at the US Play Coalition Conference’s Power PLAYer Panel on The Nature of Play, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.

Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E895–E906.

Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicator Study Collaboration - 25 Cities spatial indicators datasets

Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report Series: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally

Policies and practices connecting children to nature

Presented at the Policy Evaluation Network: Early Careers Network (PEN-ECN) Webinar.

Policy-Relevant Spatial Inidicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global

Higgs, C., Alderton, A., Rozek, J., Adlakha, D., Badland, H., Boeing, G., … Giles-Corti, B. (2022, October 2). URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH, Vol. 10.

The future is urban: integrated planning policies can enable healthy and sustainable cities

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E790–E791.

Urban Greenways: Connecting the Divided City

Adlakha, D. (2022, June). Presented at the Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland.

Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E907–E918.

Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities in diverse global contexts

Presented at the Urban Transitions 2022, Sitges, Spain.

What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy

The Lancet Global Health, 10(6), E919–E926.

When Moving Is the Only Option: The Role of Necessity Versus Choice for Understanding and Promoting Physical Activity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

[Review of ]. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 44, 151–169.

A generalized framework for measuring pedestrian accessibility around the world using open data

Geographical Analysis.

Activity-friendly Neighbourhoods Can Benefit Noncommunicable and Infectious Diseases

Adlakha, D., & Sallis, J. F. (2021, October). Presented at the 5th Healthy City Design 2021 International Congress, London, UK.

An open-source framework to measure pedestrian accessibility for cities worldwide

Presented at the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Council International, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Asian city prospects for planning and urban health

Cities & Health, 5(3), 211–214.

Building active and healthy communities in Bogotá

Keynote presented at the District Institute of Recreation and Sports, Bogotá, Colombia.

Built environment correlates of overweight and obesity among adults in Chennai, India

Cities & Health, 5(3), 289–291.

COVID-19 and Neighborhood Design: Opportunities to Implement Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies

Presented at the Webinar on Sustainable Urban Living and Mobility in Developing Nations: Integrating Inherent Strengths with Learnings from Developed Economies: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Calculation of policy-relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability: Experiences of scaling a research programme from local to global

Higgs, C., Alderton, A., Rozek, J., Adlakha, D., Badland, H., Boeing, G., … Giles-Corti, B. (2021, December). Presented at the State of Australasian Cities Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Defining pathways to healthy sustainable urban development

Environment International, 146, 106236.

Designing age-friendly communities: Exploring qualitative perspectives on urban green spaces and ageing in two Indian megacities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1491.

Designing intergenerational communities: Next steps for age-friendly cities in the Global South

Planning Theory and Practice, 22(3).

Equitable Opportunities for Supporting Young Children’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Outdoors

Presented at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (CDC—DNPAO).

Geographic distribution of the Ciclovia and Recreovia Programs by neighborhood SES in Bogotá: How unequal is the geographic access assessed via distance-based measures?

Journal of Urban Health, 98, 101–110.

Good practices for promoting physical activity through city/rural planning

Presented at the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Individual Characteristics Associated with Active Travel in Low and High Income Groups in the UK

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10360.

Investigating the physical activity, health, wellbeing, social and environmental effects of a new urban greenway: a natural experiment (the PARC study)

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18, 142.

Pedestrians, Air pollution and health

Keynote presented at the National Pedestrian Conference on Right to Walk, Parisar, Pune, India.

Play and Move Everywhere: Creating Equitable Opportunities for Physical Activity

Adlakha, D. (2021, December). Presented at the Eat Smart, Move More NC.

Push for pedal power: The case for urban cycling in India

In K. Siefken, A. R. Varela, N. Schulenkorf, & T. Waqanivalu (Eds.), Physical activity in low- and middle-income countries. London: Routledge.

The effect of different COVID-19 public health restrictions on mobility: A systematic review

PLOS ONE, 16(12), e0260919.

The importance of walkable, activityfriendly neighborhoods in the pandemic era

Keynote presented at the Sino-UK Joint Symposium on Post Novel COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reconsideration for the Built Environment.

Activity-friendly neighbourhoods can benefit non-communicable and infectious diseases

Cities & Health, 5(S1), S191–S195.

Activity-friendly neighbourhoods can benefit non-communicable and infectious diseases

Adlakha, D., & Sallis, J. F. (2020, November). Presented at the 4th Healthy City Design 2020 International Congress.

An international physical activity and public health research agenda to inform coronavirus disease-19 policies and practices

Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 328–334.

Built environment correlates of physical activity in low-and-middle income countries: A systematic review

PLOS ONE, 15(3), e0230454.

COVID-19 and India’s chronic disease burden: How exercise can be beneficial

Adlakha, D., Sallis, J. F., & Pratt, M. (2020, April 16). The News Minute.

GP RED Research Brief #11. An international physical activity and public health research agenda to inform Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19 policies and practices

Sallis, J., Adlakha, D., Oyeyemi, A., & Salvo, D. (2020, August 14). https://www.gpred.org/research-briefs/

Making the case for ‘physical activity security’: The 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 54(24), 1447–1448.

Mengapa kota yang padat baik untuk kesehatan, bahkan selama pandemi (Translation—Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic

Adlakha, D., & Sallis, J. F. (2020, July 29). https://theconversation.com/mengapa-kota-yang-padat-baikuntuk-kesehatan-bahkan-selama-pandemi-143474

Mind the gap: Gender differences in walkability, transportation and physical activity in urban India

Journal of Transport & Health, 18, 100875.

Neighbourhood supports for active ageing in urban India

Psychology and Developing Societies, 32(2), 254–277.

Outdoor Learning Environment Fall Summit

Presented at the Randolph County, NC, USA.

The association between sedentary behavior and sarcopenia among adults aged ≥65 years in low- and middle-income countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), 1708.

Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic

Adlakha, D., & Sallis, J. F. (2020, July 24). https://theconversation.com/why-urban-density-is-good-for-health-evenduring-a-pandemic-142108

Active living and ageing-in-place

Presented at the Place-Age Working Group Seminar, India International Centre, New Delhi, India.

Ageing and health: An assessment of urban regeneration impacts on physical activity in older adults

Adlakha, D., Tully, M. A., Hunter, R. F., Donnelly, M., Prior, L., Cupples, M. E., & Kee, F. (2019, February). Presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Burned out: Workplace policies and practices can tackle occupational burnout

Workplace Health and Safety, 67(10), 531–532.

Physical activity, urban planning, and public land use: Global perspectives on platforms for improving health

Department presented at the Department of Health and Human Performance, Joseph J. Schott Health and Human Performance Speakers Series, College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health

Environment International, 133(Pt A), 105181.

Urban livability and health: Emerging lessons from a developing country

Adlakha, D., Reis, R., Giles-Corti, B., & Kee, F. (2019, February). Presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

A Bear Tracker and a Pokémon GO Researcher: What do they have in common?

Presented at the Research symposium on phone location data, GPS and GIS mapping for the Faculty of Kinesiology and Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Brief standing desk intervention to reduce sedentary behavior at a physical activity conference in 2016

American Journal of Public Health, 108(9), 1197–1199.

Exploring neighbourhood environments and active commuting in Chennai, India

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(9), 1840.

Investigating the impact of urban regeneration on public health: A real-world natural experiment

Adlakha, D., Tully, M. A., Hunter, R., Cupples, M. E., & Kee, F. (2018, October). Presented at the 7th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), London, UK.

Is physical activity in middle-income countries driven by necessity or choice? Exploring the roles of motor-vehicle ownership and socioeconomic status on transport-based physical activity in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Chennai, India

Journal of Physical Activity and Health-Proceedings of the 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, 15(S1).

Is physical activity in middle-income countries driven by necessity or choice? Exploring the roles of motor-vehicle ownership and socioeconomic status on transportbased physical activity in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Chennai, India

Salvo, D., Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Brownson, R. C., & Pratt, M. (2018, October). Presented at the 7th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity andHealth (ISPAH), London, UK.

Liveable Cities, Liveable Lives—Reconnecting city planning and health in developing countries

Adlakha, D. (2018, October). Presented at the Urbanization and Health—Identifying Pathways to Healthy sustainable Urban Development, Hannover, Germany.

Necessity driven physical activity in middle-income countries: exploring the effect of motor-vehicle ownership on active living in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Chennai, India

Salvo, D., Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Brownson, R. C., & Pratt, M. (2018, February). Presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, Banff, Canada.

Place matters: Impacts of the built environment on health and wellbeing

Presented at the Faculty Seminar Series—Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India.

Active living: Promoting physical activity through healthy environments

Access by Design, (147), 23–25.

Big data and emerging technologies for future cities

Keynote presented at the SMArt ciTIES Network for Sustainable Urban Futures (SMARTIES Net), Kochi and New Delhi, India.

Examining motivations to play Pokémon GO and their influence on perceived outcomes and physical activity

JMIR Serious Games, 5(4), 21.

Health, planning and the built environment: Insights from recent European projects

Presented at the Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India.

Learning from outdoor webcams: Surveillance of physical activity across environments

In P. Thakuriah, N. Tilahun, & M. Zellner (Eds.), Seeing Cities through Big Data: Research Methods and Applications in Urban Informatics-Proceedings of NSF-sponsored Workshop on Big Data and Urban Informatics (pp. 471–490). New York: Springer Publishing.

Pokémon GO or Pokémon Gone: How can cities respond to trends in technology inking people and space?

Cities & Health, 1(1), 89–94.

Quantifying the modern city: Emerging technologies and big data for active living research

Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 105.

“Can we walk?” Environmental supports for physical activity in India

Preventive Medicine, 103, S81–S89.

Adaptation and Evaluation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale in India (NEWS-India)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(4), 401.

Can we walk? Environmental supports for physical activity in India

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., & Brownson, R. C. (2016, November). Presented at the 6th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Bangkok, Thailand.

Crowdsourcing Plaza Crowd Analysis

Hipp, J. A., Manteiga, A., & Adlakha, D. (2016, May). Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association 47 (EDRA), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Designing age-friendly societies: Impact of urban regeneration on mobility and physical activity in older adults

Adlakha, D., Tully, M. A., & Kee, F. (2016, October). Presented at the Mobility, Mood, Place: Habitats for Happy & Healthy Ageing, Edinburgh, UK.

Designing age-friendly societies: Impact of urban regeneration on mobility and physical activity in older adults

Adlakha, D., Tully, M. A., Hunter, R. F., Donnelly, M., Prior, L., Cupples, M. E., & Kee, F. (2016, November). Poster presented at the 6th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Bangkok, Thailand.

Designing age-friendly societies: Impact of urban regeneration on mobility and physical activity in older adults

Adlakha, D., Tully, M. A., Hunter, R. F., Donnelly, M., Prior, L., Cupples, M. E., & Kee, F. (2016, September). Presented at the 12th Annual Meeting & 7th Conference of the European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA Europe), Belfast, Ireland.

Exploring associations between perceived home and work neighborhood environments, diet behaviors, and obesity: Results from a survey of employed adults in Missouri

Preventive Medicine Reports, 4, 591–596.

Neighborhood-based differences in walkability, physical activity, and weight status in India

Journal of Transport & Health, 3(4), 485–499.

Reliability and Validity of Crowd Analyses in Urban Environments

Hipp, J. A., Manteiga, A., & Adlakha, D. (2016, May). Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association 47 (EDRA), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Technological innovations for tracking human behavior in public spaces

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., & Manteiga, A. (2016, November). Presented at the 6th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Bangkok, Thailand.

Technological innovations for tracking human behavior in public spaces

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., & Manteiga, A. (2016, September). Presented at the 12th Annual Meeting & 7th Conference of the European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA Europe), Belfast, Ireland.

Can we walk? Environmental supports for active travel in India

Adlakha, D. (2015, June). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Edinburgh, UK.

Choice of commuting mode among employees: Do home neighborhood environment, worksite neighborhood environment, and worksite policy and supports matter?

Journal of Transport & Health, 2(2), 212–218.

Corrigendum: Use of emerging technologies to assess differences in outdoor physical activity in St. Louis, Missouri

Frontiers in Public Health, 3(MAR).

Home and Workplace Built Environment Supports for Physical Activity

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(1), 104–107.

Learning from Outdoor Webcams: Capturing Active Commuting Behavior Across Environments

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Alicia, M., Gernes, R., & Melody, S. (2015, February). Presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

Recommendations for conducting international fieldwork

Adlakha, D. (2015, August). Presented at the Brown School—Ph.D. Program Professional Development Seminars., Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Street smart

Adlakha, D. (2015, April 21). The Hindu-Property Plus, 2.

The active way

Adlakha, D. (2015, December 14). Times Property, 1.

Adaptation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) in India

Adlakha, D., & Hipp, J. A. (2014, March). Poster presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

Navigating the doctoral program

Presented at the Brown School—Ph.D. Program Professional Development Seminars, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Use of Emerging Technologies to Assess Differences in Outdoor Physical Activity in St. Louis, Missouri

Frontiers in Public Health, 2(MAY).

Assessing Outdoor Recreational Physical Activity and Parklands in St. Louis, MIssouri

Adlakha, D., Budd, E., & Hipp, J. A. (2013, May). Presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Crowd-sourcing for Public Health: Capture of Outdoor Scenes to Assess Built Environment Change and Active Transportation

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Pless, R., & Gernes, R. (2013, February). Poster presented at the 18th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Crowdsourcing for public health: capture of outdoor scenes to assess built environment change and active transportation

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Pless, R., & Gernes, R. (2013, October). Poster presented at the 6th Annual Institute for Public Health Conference, Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Do you see what I see: crowdsource annotation of captured scenes

Proceedings of the 4th International SenseCam & Pervasive Imaging Conference on - SenseCam '13, 24–25.

Effectiveness of Built environment interventions using web cameras

Sequeira, S., Hipp, J. A., Adlakha, D., Kargol, A., & Pless, R. (2013, November). Presented at the 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Emerging Technologies: Webcams And Crowd-sourcing To Identify Active Transportation

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44(1), 96–97.

Environmental Level Factors and Obesity Prevalence in Missouri

Adlakha, D., & Budd, E. (2013, March). Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.

Social ecological constraints to park use in communities with proximate park access

LARNet: The Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure and Recreation Research, 16(4), 23–36.

The Use of Webcams and Internet Crowd-Sourcing to Evaluate Built Environment Change

Hipp, J. A., Adlakha, D., Chang, B., Eyler, A. A., & Pless, R. (2013, February). Presented at the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

Use of Emerging Technologies to Assess Outdoor Physical Activity and Parklands in St. Louis, MIssouri

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Gernes, R., Budd, E., & Sequeira, S. (2013, November). Presented at the 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition (APHA), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Use of Webcams and Crowdsourcing to Evaluate Physical Activity and Built Environment Change

Adlakha, D., Hipp, J. A., Pless, R., Eyler, A., & Gernes, R. (2013, May). Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association 44 (EDRA), Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Can publicly available web cameras and mechanical Turks be used to evaluate physical activity policy and built environment change?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15(S1), S33.

Can publicly available webcams and mechanical Turks be used to evaluate physical activity policy and built environment change?

Hipp, J. A., Adlakha, D., Chang, B., Eyler, A. A., & Pless, R. (2012, October). Presented at the 4th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Sydney, Australia.

Environmental Level Factors and Obesity Prevalence in Missouri

Adlakha, D., & Budd, E. (2012, October). Poster presented at the 5th Annual Institute for Public Health Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Mapping St. Louis

Adlakha, D. (2012, February). Poster presented at the 17th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Metropolitan Transformations: The case of Boston, USA, and Nanjing, China

Adlakha, D. (2012, May). Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Seattle, Washington, USA.

Metropolitan Urban Landscapes

Adlakha, D. (2012, April). Poster presented at the Research Without Walls Annual Symposium, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Architecture 101

Presented at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts—Alumni Reception, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA.

Architecture for young people

Presented at the Community Service Colloquium-Gephardt Institute for Public Service, Washington University in St. Louis. St. Louis, USA.

Social ecological constraints to park use in communities with quality access

In Brown School Faculty Publications (p. 13). St. Louis, MO: Centre for Social Development, Washington University.