@article{ref1,
title="Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): Reliability and Relationship with Physical Activity",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2009",
author="Rosenberg, D. and Ding, Ding and Sallis, James F. and Kerr, Jacqueline and Norman, Gregory J. and Durant, Nefertiti and Harris, Sion K. and Saelens, Brian E.",
volume="49",
number="2-3",
pages="213-218",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To examine the psychometric properties of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Youth (NEWS-Y) and explore its associations with context-specific and overall physical activity (PA) among youth. METHODS: In 2005, parents of children ages 5-11 (n= 116), parents of adolescents ages 12-18 (n= 171), and adolescents ages 12-18 (n= 171) from Boston, Cincinnati, and San Diego, completed NEWS-Y surveys regarding perceived land use mix-diversity, recreation facility availability, pedestrian/automobile traffic safety, crime safety, aesthetics, walking/cycling facilities, street connectivity, land use mix-access, and residential density. A standardized neighborhood environment score was derived. Self-reported activity in the street and in parks, and walking to parks, shops, school, and overall physical activity were assessed. RESULTS: The NEWS-Y subscales had acceptable test-retest reliability (ICC range .56-.87). Being active in a park, walking to a park, walking to shops, and walking to school were related to multiple environmental attributes in all three participant groups. Total neighborhood environment, recreation facilities, walking and cycling facilities, and land-use mix-access had the most consistent relationships with specific types of activity. CONCLUSIONS: The NEWS-Y has acceptable reliability and subscales were significantly correlated with specific types of youth PA. The NEWS-Y can be used to examine neighborhood environment correlates of youth PA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.011"
}