Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Vol 46, No 3, March 2026
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Date published: March 2026
ISSN: 2368-738X
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Special issue: Generating stronger evidence to inform policy and practice: natural experiments on built environments, health behaviours and chronic diseases
Guest Editors: Stephanie A. Prince and Gavin R. McCormack
Inside this issue
Invited editorial
Natural experiments in the built environment: evaluating impacts on health
Adrian Bauman, Melanie Crane
Original mixed methods research
Shaping healthier futures: community-level impact of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach
Christina Gillies, Lisa K. Allen-Scott, Courtney Baay, Nicole Frenette, Jacky Ka Kei Liu, Stephanie Patterson
Original quantitative research
The impact of revitalized urban and rural recreation infrastructure on usage levels: evidence from a longitudinal quasi-experimental study in Alberta, Canada
Ana Paula Belon, Laura Nieuwendyk, Vijaya Krishnan, Candace I.J. Nykiforuk
Evidence synthesis
Impacts of built environment changes on physical activity in Canada: a systematic review of natural experiments
Stephanie A. Prince, Justin J. Lang, Sarah Lawrason, Eric Vallières, Gregory P. Butler, Alison Lake, Gavin R. McCormack
Editorial
Natural experiments for healthier communities: evidence to drive Canadian policy and practice
Stephanie A. Prince, Gavin R. McCormack