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Observer ratings of neighborhoods: comparison of two methods

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Title
Observer ratings of neighborhoods: comparison of two methods
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BMC Public Health, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1024
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Elena M Andresen, Theodore K Malmstrom, Mario Schootman, Fredric D Wolinsky, J Philip Miller, Douglas K Miller

Abstract

Although neighborhood characteristics have important relationships with health outcomes, direct observation involves imperfect measurement. The African American Health (AAH) study included two observer neighborhood rating systems (5-item Krause and 18-item AAH Neighborhood Assessment Scale [NAS]), initially fielded at two different waves. Good measurement characteristics were previously shown for both, but there was more rater variability than desired. In 2010 both measures were re-fielded together, with enhanced training and field methods implemented to decrease rater variability while maintaining psychometric properties.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Unknown 33 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 32%
Researcher 8 24%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 12%
Other 2 6%
Unspecified 2 6%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 4 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 24%
Social Sciences 7 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Unspecified 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 8 24%
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