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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Active commuting to school can be a meaningful contributor to overall physical activity in children. To inform better micro-level urban design near schools that can support active commuting to school, there is a need for measures that capture these elements. This paper describes the adaptation of an observational instrument for use in assessing micro-scale environments around urban elementary schools in the United States.
METHODS: The Micro-scale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes for Safe Routes to School (MAPS-SRTS) was developed from existing audit instruments not designed for school travel environments and modifications for the MAPS-SRTS instrument include the structure of the audit tool sections, the content, the observation route, and addition of new subscales. Subscales were analyzed for inter-rater reliability in a sample of 36 schools in Austin, TX. To assess reliability for each subscale, one-way random effects single-measure intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were used.
RESULTS: Compared to the 30 original subscales, the adapted MAPS-SRTS included 26 (86.6%) subscales with revised scoring algorithms. Most MAPS-SRTS subscales had acceptable inter-rater reliability, with an ICC of 0.97 for the revised audit tool.
CONCLUSIONS: The MAPS-SRTS audit tool is a reliable instrument for measuring the school travel environment for research and evaluation purposes, such as assessing human-scale determinants of active commuting to school behavior and documenting built environment changes from infrastructure interventions.
METHODS: The Micro-scale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes for Safe Routes to School (MAPS-SRTS) was developed from existing audit instruments not designed for school travel environments and modifications for the MAPS-SRTS instrument include the structure of the audit tool sections, the content, the observation route, and addition of new subscales. Subscales were analyzed for inter-rater reliability in a sample of 36 schools in Austin, TX. To assess reliability for each subscale, one-way random effects single-measure intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were used.
RESULTS: Compared to the 30 original subscales, the adapted MAPS-SRTS included 26 (86.6%) subscales with revised scoring algorithms. Most MAPS-SRTS subscales had acceptable inter-rater reliability, with an ICC of 0.97 for the revised audit tool.
CONCLUSIONS: The MAPS-SRTS audit tool is a reliable instrument for measuring the school travel environment for research and evaluation purposes, such as assessing human-scale determinants of active commuting to school behavior and documenting built environment changes from infrastructure interventions.
摘要：
背景：积极上下班上学可能是儿童整体体育锻炼的有意义的贡献者。为学校附近更好的微观城市设计提供信息，以支持积极通勤上学，有必要采取这些措施。本文介绍了一种用于评估美国城市小学周围微尺度环境的观测仪器的适应性。
方法：从现有的审计工具中开发了用于学校安全路线的行人街景微观审计（MAPS-SRTS），这些工具不是为学校旅行环境设计的，并且对MAPS-SRTS工具的修改包括审计工具部分的结构，内容,观察路线,并增加了新的分量表。在奥斯汀的36所学校的样本中，对子表进行了评分者间可靠性分析，TX.为了评估每个子量表的可靠性，使用单向随机效应单测量组内相关系数(ICC).
结果：与30个原始分量表相比，经调整的MAPS-SRTS纳入了26个(86.6%)子量表,并采用了修订的评分算法.大多数MAPS-SRTS分量表具有可接受的评分者间可靠性，修订后的审计工具的ICC为0.97。
结论：MAPS-SRTS审核工具是用于测量学校旅行环境以进行研究和评估的可靠工具，例如评估主动通勤到学校行为的人类尺度决定因素，并记录基础设施干预带来的建筑环境变化。
方法：从现有的审计工具中开发了用于学校安全路线的行人街景微观审计（MAPS-SRTS），这些工具不是为学校旅行环境设计的，并且对MAPS-SRTS工具的修改包括审计工具部分的结构，内容,观察路线,并增加了新的分量表。在奥斯汀的36所学校的样本中，对子表进行了评分者间可靠性分析，TX.为了评估每个子量表的可靠性，使用单向随机效应单测量组内相关系数(ICC).
结果：与30个原始分量表相比，经调整的MAPS-SRTS纳入了26个(86.6%)子量表,并采用了修订的评分算法.大多数MAPS-SRTS分量表具有可接受的评分者间可靠性，修订后的审计工具的ICC为0.97。
结论：MAPS-SRTS审核工具是用于测量学校旅行环境以进行研究和评估的可靠工具，例如评估主动通勤到学校行为的人类尺度决定因素，并记录基础设施干预带来的建筑环境变化。
