Citation

Furr-Holden CD, Campbell KD, Milam AJ, Smart MJ, Ialongo NA, Leaf PJ. Eval. Rev. 2010; 34(3): 159-184.

Affiliation

Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. dholden@jhsph.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0193841X10368493

PMID

20479211

PMCID

PMC3042134

Abstract

Objectives: Establish metric properties of the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy). Method: A total of 919 residential block faces were assessed by paired raters using the NIfETy. Reliability was evaluated via interrater and internal consistency reliability; validity by comparing NIfETy data with youth self-reported violence, alcohol, and other drug exposure and crime statistics. Results: Validity and reliability metrics were moderate to exemplary for the total scale and subscales. NIfETy data correlated strongly with crime data and youth self-reported exposure. Conclusions: The NIfETy is valid and reliable. Future investigations will explore its use in other urban centers and association to other health outcomes.

Language: en