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Examination of Built Environment Instruments Addressing Health Promoting Behaviors
The UDHP project was a content review of the commonalities and disparities across existing built environment measurement tools which measure health promotion accessibility and community livability. This study identified subject domain content overlap across instruments, and which domains and instruments were sensitive to accessibility for people with disabilities and other constituent groups, or which required further modification. Information on instrument methodological features, including instrument development methods, research design, and psychometrics were also provided.
Summary Tables
- Instrument Checklist Table
The instrument checklist provides information about the field it is measuring, the domains that are covered, whether the instrument is subjective, objective, or GIS based , and whether or not it covers disability topics and had any psychometric analysis performed.
- Sub-Domains with Universal Design Applicability
This table provides an overview of what sub domains comprise the larger domains that had been measured in the instrument analysis checklist table. It also enables the reader to view how these sub domains fit with priorities assessed by universal design principles and future recommendations.
- Disability Specific Instruments
This table provides a listing of disability specific instruments, the domains they measure and some sample items.
Domain Overlap Tables
- Built Environment Infrastructure Domain Overlap
This table describes what built environment domains sub-domains are being measured.
- Walkability Domain Overlap
This table describes what walkability domains sub-domains are being measured.
- Bikeability Domain Overlap
This table describes bikeability domains sub-domains.
- Recreational Sites & Structures Domain Overlap
This table describes what domains sub-domains are being measured at different recreation sites and amenities they have there.
Instrument Abstractions:
Provide methodological, content, and contact information for each instrument
- AARP Livable Communities Guide and Quiz
- Accessibility Instruments Measuring Fitness & Recreation Environments (AIMFREE)
- Active Community Environments (ACE) Checklist
- Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
- Arlington Bike Survey
- Association between Neighborhood Active Living Potential & Walking
- Bicycle/Pedestrian Facility Survey
- Bikeability Checklist
- BRAT Direct Observation (BRAT-DO)
- City of Edmonton CPTED Safety Audit
- Community Accessibility Survey
- Community Assessment Tool
- Community Health Environment Checklist (CHEC)
- Community Street Review (New Zealand Transport Agency; Living Streets Audits)
- Core Measures of Trail Use
- Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF)
- Department of Transportation Bicycle Compatibility Index (DOT-BCI)
- Effect of Environment on Physical Activity
- Environmental Assessment of Public Recreation Spaces (EAPRS) Tool
- Environmental Design & Pedestrian Travel Behavior
- Environmental Supports for Physical Activity Questionnaire
- Environmental, Social, and Personal Correlates of Cycling
- Facilitators & Barriers Survey/Mobility (FABS/M)
- Features of the Neighborhood Environment & Walking
- Federal Transit Administration's ADA Assessment Sheets
- Gainesville Bicycle & Pedestrian Level of Service Performance Measures
- GIS Walkability Index
- Health Empowerment Zone Environmental Assessment Tool (HEZEAT)
- Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT)
- Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT)
- Home and Community Environment Instrument (HACE)
- International Physical Activity Prevalence Survey
- Irvine Minnesota Inventory
- King County Active Community Checklist
- League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Communities Campaign
- Leisure Time Physical Activity
- Measure of the Quality of the Environment (MQE)
- Measurement Instrument for Urban Quantities Related to Walkability
- Measurement Properties of Neighborhood Scales
- National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) & Tri-County Health
- Department in Colorado’s Public Health in Land Use Planning & Community Design
- National Center for Safe Routes to School (NCSRTS) Parents Survey
- Neighborhood Accessibility Index
- Neighborhood Active Living Potential
- Neighborhood Brief Observation Measure
- Neighborhood Characteristics Questionnaire
- Neighborhood Environment Walkability Survey (NEWS)
- Neighborhood Inequalities in Physical Activity
- Neighborhood Observational Checklist
- Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ)
- Neighborhood Problems Scale
- Neighborhood Walking & Cycling Among Children
- NW Americans with Disabilities Act & Info Tech Center: Accessible Parking Inventory
- Objective and Perceived Measures of Built Environment
- Objective Built Environment Index Using GIS
- Participation Survey/Mobility (PARTS/M)
- Path Environmental Audit Tool (PEAT)
- Pedestrian & Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices - Bicycle Items
- Pedestrian & Bicyclist Intersection Safety Indices - Pedestrian Items
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) Bicyclist Audit
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) Pedestrian Audit
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Environment Factor (PBEF)
- Pedestrian Environment Data Scan (PEDS) Tool
- Pedestrian Environment Quality Index (PEQI)
- Pedestrian Environmental Factor (PEF)
- Pedestrian Infrastructure Prioritization (PIP) Decision System
- Pedestrian Location Identification (PLI) – Tool 1
- Pedestrian Location Identification (PLI) – Tool 2
- Perceived Environment Attributes
- Perceived Environment Attributes, Residential Location, and Walking
- Perceived Environmental Variables -- Physical Activity
- Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and Leisure Time Physical Activity
- Physical Activity and Health
- Physical Activity Community Assessment
- Physical Activity in Communities Questionnaire
- Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) Instrument
- Physical Environment Questionnaire
- Preadolescent Environmental Access to Physical Activity Questionnaire
- Prevention Research Center Healthy Aging Research Network (PRC-HAN) Environmental Audit Tool
- Promoting Active Communities Assessment
- Recreation Facility Evaluation Tool
- Safe Routes Startup Checklist
- Safety Audit Checklist for Dual-Use Paths
- Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT)
- Sidewalk Assessment Tool
- Slips Assessment Tool (SAT)
- Socioeconomic Status Differences & Perceived Access to Supportive Physical Environment
- St. Louis Environment & Physical Activity Instrument
- Street-Scale Analytic & Checklist Audit Tool
- Study on Environmental and Individual Determinants of Physical Activity
- System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth (SOPLAY)
- System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC)
- Systematic Pedestrian and Cycling Environmental Scan (SPACES)
- Tool to Assess Sidewalk Maintenance
- Traffic and Health in Glasgow Questionnaire
- Twin Cities Walking Survey
- Walk It Active Local Parks
- Walkability Worksheet
- Walking & Biking Suitability Assessment (WABSA)
- Walking Activities in Rural Communities
- Worksite Walkability Audit Tool
Figure 1: Built Environment Infrastructure Content Overlap
This figure describes the percentage of common built environment features that are measured between all the questionnaires.
Figure 2: Walkability Content Overlap
This figure describes the percentage of common walkability features that are measured between all the questionnaires.
Figure 3: Bikeability Content Overlap
This figure describes the percentage of common bikeability features that are measured between all the questionnaires.
Figure 4: Recreational Sites and Structures Content Overlap
This figure describes the percentage of common recreation site features that are measured between all the questionnaires.
Funding
The Universal Design and Health Promotion Project (UDHP) at the University of Illinois was funded through a supplement from the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Health Branch (Grant #5U59DD522742).
