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Melanie J. Rock

Professor of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
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Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A review of qualitative research

GR McCormack, M Rock, AM Toohey, D Hignell - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
Given that recent literature reviews on physical activity in urban parks deliberately excluded
qualitative findings, we reviewed qualitative research on this topic informed by a published …

[HTML][HTML] The social context of smoking: the next frontier in tobacco control?

B Poland, K Frohlich, RJ Haines, E Mykhalovskiy… - Tobacco …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Sweet blood and social suffering: Rethinking cause-effect relationships in diabetes, distress, and duress

M Rock - Medical anthropology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
I draw upon anthropological engagements with bioscience and embodiment in order to
unpack current approaches to defining and preventing diabetes mellitus. The analysis stems …

Animal–human connections,“one health,” and the syndemic approach to prevention

M Rock, BJ Buntain, JM Hatfield… - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
A syndemic involves two or more afflictions that, by interacting synergistically, contribute to
excess burdens of disease. A syndemic approach to prevention, meanwhile, focuses on …

Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older

AM Toohey, GR McCormack, PK Doyle-Baker… - Health & Place, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigates whether dog-ownership and neighborhood characteristics are
associated with sense of community (SC) and neighborhood-based recreational walking …

Public health ethics and more-than-human solidarity

MJ Rock, C Degeling - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
This article contributes to the literature on One Health and public health ethics by expanding
the principle of solidarity. We conceptualise solidarity to encompass not only practices …

Encouraging dog walking for health promotion and disease prevention

H Christian, A Bauman, JN Epping… - American journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Regular physical activity is associated with numerous health benefits, including the
prevention of many chronic diseases and conditions or a reduction in their adverse effects …

[HTML][HTML] Unleashing their potential: a critical realist scoping review of the influence of dogs on physical activity for dog-owners and non-owners

AM Toohey, MJ Rock - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and …, 2011 - Springer
Background Dog-owners tend to be more physically active than non-owners; however, dogs
have also been shown to inhibit physical activity for non-owners, under some circumstances …

Hydrogen peroxide effects on chromium oxidation state and solubility in four diverse, chromium-enriched soils

ML Rock, BR James, GR Helz - Environmental science & …, 2001 - ACS Publications
High concentrations of H2O2 are being tested for in situ oxidation and remediation of buried
organic contaminants in soils and groundwater. Peroxide is being considered as a direct …

Rethinking public participation in the smart city

AM Levenda, N Keough, M Rock… - … /Le géographe canadien, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In efforts to become “smart cities,” local governments are adopting various technologies that
promise opportunities for increasing participation by expanding access to public comment …