Development of a reliable measure of walking within and outside the local neighborhood: RESIDE's Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire

Giles-Corti, Billie; Timperio, Anna; Cutt, Hayley E.; Pikora, Terri; Bull, Fiona; Knuiman, Matthew; Bulsara, Max; Niel, Kimberly Van; Shilton, Trevor

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“…Adults who agreed to participate filled out a written informed consent form. During the home visit, the interview version of the Neighbourhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ) 27 was completed. The participants were also asked to complete a questionnaire on psychosocial and sociodemographic correlates of PA by themselves.…”

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“…Self-reported information on walking and cycling for recreation and transport inside and outside the neighborhood was collected using a Dutch version of the NPAQ usual week questionnaire. 27 The questionnaire has acceptable reliability, with kappa coefficients ranging from 0.67 to 0.95. "Neighborhood" was defined as "the direct environment, everywhere within a 10-15 min walk of your home."…”

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Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors

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Recent research in urban planning and public health has drawn attention to the associations between urban form and physical activity in adults. Because little is known on the urban-rural differences in physical activity, the main aims of the present study were to examine differences in physical activity between urban and rural adults and to investigate the moderating effects of the physical environment on the relationship between psychosocial factors and physical activity. In Flanders, Belgium, five rural and five urban neighborhoods were selected. A sample of 350 adults (20-65 years of age; 35 adults per neighborhood) participated in the study. Participants wore a pedometer for 7 days, and self-reported physical activity and psychosocial data were also collected. Results showed that urban adults took more steps/day and reported more walking and cycling for transport in the neighborhood, more recreational walking in the neighborhood, and more walking for transportation outside the neighborhood than rural adults. Rural adults reported more recreational cycling in the neighborhoods. The physical environment was a significant moderator of the associations between several psychosocial factors (modeling from family, self-efficacy, and perceived barriers) and physical activity. In rural participants, adults with psychosocial scores above average were more physically active, whereas there were no differences in physical activity according to psychosocial factors in urban participants. These results are promising and plead for the development of multidimensional interventions, targeting specific population subgroups. In rural environments, where changing the environment would be a very challenging task, interventions focusing on modifiable psychosocial constructs could possibly be effective.

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Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors

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“…For every minute of cycling or swimming reported, 150 steps were imputed to the daily number of steps (Miller et al, 2006). Participants were also asked to fill in an adjusted version of the Neighbourhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ) (Giles-Corti et al, 2006) and the Flemish Neighbourhood Environmental Walkability Scale (NEWS) (De Bourdeaudhuij et al, 2003). In the NEWS, perceptions of physical environmental features in the neighbourhood, like connectivity, residential density, and land use mix are assessed.…”

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Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents

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et al. 2009

Preventive Medicine

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oObjective. To investigate whether adolescents living in a high-walkable town centre are more physically active than those living in a less-walkable suburb.Methods. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Izegem (Belgium). Data collection took place in spring 2007. One high-walkable urban neighbourhood and one less-walkable suburban neighbourhood were selected, based on objective connectivity and residential density. One hundred twenty adolescents (12-18 years, 60 per neighbourhood) completed the Neighbourhood Environmental Walkability Scale (NEWS), the Neighbourhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ), wore a pedometer for 7 days and filled in an activity log.Results. In contrast with the expectations, adolescents living in the less-walkable suburb reported 220 min/week more cycling for transport than those living in the high-walkable town centre. A trend towards significance was found for mean step counts/day with 1371 more steps/day for suburban adolescents. Travel time to school was 7.4 min less for urban adolescents.Conclusions. In contrast with previous results in adults, lower walkability and larger distance to school was associated with more physical activity in Belgian adolescents. Therefore, physical environmental interventions designed for adults, focusing on increases in connectivity, residential density and connectivity, might not be effective for Belgian adolescents.

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“…Fourth, the self-report measures are behaviour and context-specific 31 with study participants reporting separately about recreational and transport-related walking and cycling behaviours undertaken within, and outside, the neighbourhood. 24 Fifth, the behavioural questionnaire uses 'usual' behaviour rather than behaviour in the last seven days or a diary. We believe that usual behaviour will be a more stable measure, which is preferable in a longitudinal study.…”

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“…This questionnaire measures the frequency and duration of usual walking and cycling undertaken within and outside the neighbourhood as well as other moderate-and vigorous-intensity physical activity. 24 The tool was specifically designed for use in longitudinal studies of the impact of urban design on physical activity and makes it possible to differentiate walking and cycling behaviours that take place within and outside the neighbourhood. This allows the impact of the government's Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design Code on behaviour undertaken locally to be studied.…”

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Can the impact on health of a government policy designed to create more liveable neighbourhoods be evaluated? An overview of the RESIDential Environment Project

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Neil³

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NSW Public Health Bull.

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Abstract:There is growing interest in the impact of community design on the health of residents. In 1998, the Western Australian Government began a trial of new subdivision design codes (i.e. Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design Code) aimed at creating pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods to increase walking, cycling and public transport use. The trial provided a unique opportunity for a natural experiment to evaluate the impact of a government planning policy on residents. Nevertheless, evaluations of this kind present a number of methodological challenges in obtaining the highest quality evidence possible. This paper describes the RESIDential Environment Project's study design and discusses how various methodological challenges were overcome. A growing number of studies show that urban sprawl, typical of development on the fringe of Australian and US cities, is associated with obesity, hypertension and lower levels of walking, because it encourages driving and discourages active modes of transport, and often results in long commutes. 3 In Australia, two-thirds of men and onehalf of women are overweight or obese, 4 as are between 19 and 23% of Australian children and adolescents. 5 Moreover, only about one-half of Australian adults are sufficiently active to benefit their health (i.e. undertaking as little as 30 minutes of daily moderate physical activity), and levels of physical activity appear to be declining. 6,7 While a multitude of factors are implicated in these trends, there is growing international attention on the contribution made by so-called 'obesogenic ' environments, 8,9 including urban development, which discourage physical activity. This paper contributes to the methodological literature. It describes the design of an evaluation of a state government land subdivision design code which aims to encourage more walking, cycling and public transport use by local residents. It begins with a background to the development of the Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design Code, before describing the evaluation's study design. It then goes on to discuss methodological issues that have arisen for consideration in future natural experiments of this type. Billie Giles-Corti New UrbanismOne response to concerns about the unsustainability of urban sprawl has been a new approach to planning known as 'New Urbanism', which aims to create more pedestrianfriendly neighbourhoods. 7,10-12 Based on traditional planning principles, neighbourhoods designed according to these principles have connected street networks, higher density of development, mixed-use zoning (i.e. a combination of commercial and residential development) and access to public transport. 13,14 A study from the United Kingdom found that traditional neighbourhoods generated 10.1071/NB07027Vol. 18(11-12) NSW Public Health Bulletin | 239 about 57% fewer vehicle miles, 15 while a small study by Saelens and colleagues 16 found that 'high walkable' neighbourhoods in the US generated more weekly transport walking trips than 'low walkable' neighbourhoods (3....

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Development of a reliable measure of walking within and outside the local neighborhood: RESIDE's Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire

Cited by 202 publications

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Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors

Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors

Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents

Can the impact on health of a government policy designed to create more liveable neighbourhoods be evaluated? An overview of the RESIDential Environment Project

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