GIS-modelled built-environment exposures reflecting daily mobility for applications in child health research.
Amy MizenRichard FrySarah RodgersPublished in: International journal of health geographics (2020)
This research advocates using weighted GIS networks to accurately reflect child walking journeys to school. The improved accuracy in route modelling has in turn improved estimates of children's exposures to potentially hazardous features in the environment. Further research is needed to explore if the built-environment features are important internationally. Route and corresponding exposure estimates can be scaled to the population level which will contribute to a better understanding of built-environment exposures on child health and contribute to mobility-based child health policy.