TY - JOUR AU - Cerin, Ester AU - Conway, Terry L. AU - Saelens, Brian E. AU - Frank, Lawrence D. AU - Sallis, James F. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06/09 TI - Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A) JO - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity SP - 32 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - The Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A) assess perceived environmental attributes believed to influence physical activity. A multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) conducted on a sample from Seattle, WA showed that, at the respondent level, the factor-analyzable items of the NEWS and NEWS-A measured 11 and 10 constructs of perceived neighborhood environment, respectively. At the census blockgroup (used by the US Census Bureau as a subunit of census tracts) level, the MCFA yielded five factors for both NEWS and NEWS-A. The aim of this study was to cross-validate the individual- and blockgroup-level measurement models of the NEWS and NEWS-A in a geographical location and population different from those used in the original validation study. SN - 1479-5868 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-6-32 DO - 10.1186/1479-5868-6-32 ID - Cerin2009 ER -