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Abstract
The translation of research into tangible health benefits via changes to urban planning policy and practice is a key intended outcome of academic active-living research endeavours. Conversely, policy-makers and planners identify the need for policy-specific evidence to ensure policy decisions and practices are informed and validated by rigorously established evidence. In practice, however, these two aspirations rarely meet and a research-translation gap remains. The RESIDE project is a unique longitudinal natural experiment designed to evaluate the health impacts of the 'Liveable Neighbourhoods' planning policy, which was introduced by the Western Australian Government to create more walkable suburbs. This commentary provides an overview and discussion of the policy-specific study methodologies undertaken to quantitatively assess the implementation of the policy and assess its active living and health impacts. It outlines the key research-translation successes and impact of the findings on the Liveable Neighbourhoods policy and discusses lessons learnt from the RESIDE project to inform future natural experiments of policy evaluation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2448 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2019 |
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What Cost Effective Built Environment Interventions Would Create Healthy Liveable & Equitable Communities in Australia & What Would Facilitate These Being Translated into Policy & Practice
Giles-Corti, W. (Investigator 01), Turrell, G. (Investigator 02), Bull, F. (Investigator 03), Whitzman, C. (Investigator 04), Washington, S. (Investigator 05), Sugiyama, T. (Investigator 06), Shiell, A. (Investigator 07), Veerman, J. (Investigator 08), Knuiman, M. (Investigator 09) & Kavanagh, A. (Investigator 10)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/13 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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LP0455453 - Sustainability and Urban Design: An Evaluation of the Impact of Liveable Neighbourhoods
Giles-Corti, B. (Chief Investigator), Van Niel, K. (Chief Investigator), Knuiman, M. (Chief Investigator), Bulsara, M. (Chief Investigator), Timperio, A. (Chief Investigator), Kenworthy, J. (Chief Investigator) & De Villiers, P. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/04 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
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The policy and practice of designing healthy, equitable higher density
Foster, S. (Investigator 01)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/16 → 30/12/18
Project: Research