| Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment Tools: measuring rural environments. | |
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PMID: 19818362 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: Develop rural-specific assessment tools to be used by researchers and practitioners to measure the activity-friendliness of rural communities. METHOD: The tools were created through a mixed-methods investigation into the determinants of physical activity among rural populations. This informed the development of a conceptual framework defining activity-friendly rural environments. Questions were generated to reflect applicable existing urban-based variables and rural conceptual model elements. Pilot testing was conducted in seven rural US communities during the fall of 2008. Inter-rater reliability was assessed. RESULTS: The Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools include three components: Town-Wide (18 town characteristic questions, and inventory of 15 recreational amenities), Program and Policy (20 questions), and Street Segment (28 questions). We found that the Town-wide and Program and Policy tools were feasible for community members to implement. The observed agreement and kappa statistic across all items for the Street Segment Assessment were substantial (91.9% and 0.78, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The RALA Tools were shown to be feasible and reliability was supported. They assess features believed to be supportive of active living in rural environments, offer users a resource to assess rural environments for activity-friendliness, and may also inform the design of interventions to help rural communities become more active and healthy. |
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Authors:
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Anush Yousefian; Erin Hennessy; M Renee Umstattd; Christina D Economos; Jeffrey S Hallam; Raymond R Hyatt; David Hartley |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Date: 2009-10-07 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Preventive medicine Volume: 50 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1096-0260 ISO Abbreviation: Prev Med Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-01-29 Completed Date: 2010-05-11 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0322116 Medline TA: Prev Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S86-92 Citation Subset: IM |
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Maine Rural Health Research Center, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, USA. ayousefian@usm.maine.edu |
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Environment Design* Health Behavior* Humans Interinstitutional Relations Motor Activity* Program Evaluation / methods* Public Facilities Recreation Research Support as Topic Rural Health* Transportation / statistics & numerical data |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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U1CRH03716//PHS HHS |
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