Check the Score: Field Validation of Street Smart Walk Score in Alberta, Canada

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Crick, Katelynn C.
  • Johnson, Jeffrey A.
  • McGetrick, Jennifer Ann
  • Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.

• Highlights: Physical inactivity linked to chronic disease can be addressed by increasing walking. Understanding walkability can support health promotion policies and interventions. Walk Score® provides a uniquely accessible and generalizable metric for walkability. Walk Score® has been validated in the urban United States but not internationally. Walk Score® was validated in Alberta, Canada using field observation and correlation.

• Date created

  2016

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Walking
  • Geographic mapping
  • Validation studies
  • Chronic disease
  • Health promotion
  • Alberta, Canada

• Type of Item

  Conference Poster

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3PC2T880

• License

  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license