Metric Properties of the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy): An Environmental Assessment Tool for Measuring Indicators of Violence, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Exposures

C.D.M. Furr-Holden, K.D.M. Campbell, A.J. Milam, M.J. Smart, N.A. Ialongo and P.J. Leaf
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C.D.M. Furr-Holden: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, dholden@jhsph.edu
K.D.M. Campbell: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
A.J. Milam: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
M.J. Smart: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
N.A. Ialongo: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
P.J. Leaf: Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

Evaluation Review, 2010, vol. 34, issue 3, 159-184

Abstract: Objectives: Establish metric properties of the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy). Method: A total of 919 residential block faces were assessed by paired raters using the NIfETy. Reliability was evaluated via interrater and internal consistency reliability; validity by comparing NIfETy data with youth self-reported violence, alcohol, and other drug exposure and crime statistics. Results: Validity and reliability metrics were moderate to exemplary for the total scale and subscales. NIfETy data correlated strongly with crime data and youth self-reported exposure. Conclusions: The NIfETy is valid and reliable. Future investigations will explore its use in other urban centers and association to other health outcomes.

Keywords: adolescent health; neighborhood; innercity; reliability; validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10368493

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