TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): Reliability and Relationship with Physical Activity
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Rosenberg, D.
A1  - Ding, Ding
A1  - Sallis, James F.
A1  - Kerr, Jacqueline
A1  - Norman, Gregory J.
A1  - Durant, Nefertiti
A1  - Harris, Sion K.
A1  - Saelens, Brian E.
SP  - 213
EP  - 218
VL  - 49
IS  - 2-3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.011
ID  - ref1
ER  -