A comprehensive GPS-based analysis of activity spaces in early and late pregnancy using the ActMAP framework

Karl Samuelsson; Ioar Rivas; Bruno Raimbault; Alan Domínguez; Toni Galmés; Antònia Valentin; Maria Foraster; Achilleas Psyllidis; Payam Dadvand; null More Authors

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103413

A comprehensive GPS-based analysis of activity spaces in early and late pregnancy using the ActMAP framework

Karl Samuelsson, Ioar Rivas, Bruno Raimbault, Alan Domínguez, Toni Galmés, Antònia Valentin, Maria Foraster, Achilleas Psyllidis, Payam Dadvand^*, More Authors

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Health implications of mobility during pregnancy entail a need to understand pregnant women's activity spaces. We present ActMAP, a framework for quantifying multiple aspects of activity spaces from distinct trips and stays derived from GPS data. We applied ActMAP to data from 238 pregnant women in Barcelona, Spain (2018–2020) and explored weekday, weekend and intraday associations between pregnancy trimester and activity spaces. Activities were more centred around the home later in pregnancy. However, the number of visited places and daily trips remained largely constant throughout pregnancy. By constructing activity spaces from individual trips and stays, ActMAP could provide a framework for GPS-based holistic assessments of mobility.

Original language	English
Article number	103413
Number of pages	11
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	91
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103413
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Active travel
Location tracking
Urban environment
Spatiotemporal method
Cohort

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