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Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS)
Public open spaces (POS) are “publicly owned spaces such as parks, green areas, squares, marketplaces, streets and highways which are of public access”. Some attributes could increase or decrease participants’ attendance. Thus, reliable and valid audit tools are needed in order to measure these attr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138198 |
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author | Medina, Catalina Hernández, Annel Hermosillo-Gallardo, Maria E. Gómez Gámez, Célida I. Resendiz, Eugen Morales, Maricruz Nieto, Claudia Moreno, Mildred Barquera, Simón |
author_facet | Medina, Catalina Hernández, Annel Hermosillo-Gallardo, Maria E. Gómez Gámez, Célida I. Resendiz, Eugen Morales, Maricruz Nieto, Claudia Moreno, Mildred Barquera, Simón |
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description | Public open spaces (POS) are “publicly owned spaces such as parks, green areas, squares, marketplaces, streets and highways which are of public access”. Some attributes could increase or decrease participants’ attendance. Thus, reliable and valid audit tools are needed in order to measure these attributes. This study aimed to develop and validate a tool to assess POS features within the Mexico City context. The Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) was developed based on (1) two validated POS audit tools, (2) several visits to the POS, (3) pilot testing, and (4) multiple work sessions with a group of specialists. The original tool included 181 items divided into nine sections. Trained personnel visited and evaluated 944 POS in Mexico City. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the items and the relationship between the subscales. The final model resulted in seven factors: (1) Food and Wellness Environment (α = 0.15), (2) Maintenance (α = 0.81), (3) Amenities (α = 0.72), (4) Legibility (α = 0.59), (5) Security (α = 0.48), (6) Perceived Environment (α = 0.65), and (7) Urban Environment (α = 0.58). Our study highlights the relevance of using a validated tool to measure POS characteristics related to participants’ attendance to help assess infrastructure improvements and identify priority areas for changing socio-urban environments for physical activity. |
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spelling | pubmed-92666262022-07-09 Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) Medina, Catalina Hernández, Annel Hermosillo-Gallardo, Maria E. Gómez Gámez, Célida I. Resendiz, Eugen Morales, Maricruz Nieto, Claudia Moreno, Mildred Barquera, Simón Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Public open spaces (POS) are “publicly owned spaces such as parks, green areas, squares, marketplaces, streets and highways which are of public access”. Some attributes could increase or decrease participants’ attendance. Thus, reliable and valid audit tools are needed in order to measure these attributes. This study aimed to develop and validate a tool to assess POS features within the Mexico City context. The Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) was developed based on (1) two validated POS audit tools, (2) several visits to the POS, (3) pilot testing, and (4) multiple work sessions with a group of specialists. The original tool included 181 items divided into nine sections. Trained personnel visited and evaluated 944 POS in Mexico City. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the items and the relationship between the subscales. The final model resulted in seven factors: (1) Food and Wellness Environment (α = 0.15), (2) Maintenance (α = 0.81), (3) Amenities (α = 0.72), (4) Legibility (α = 0.59), (5) Security (α = 0.48), (6) Perceived Environment (α = 0.65), and (7) Urban Environment (α = 0.58). Our study highlights the relevance of using a validated tool to measure POS characteristics related to participants’ attendance to help assess infrastructure improvements and identify priority areas for changing socio-urban environments for physical activity. MDPI 2022-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9266626/ /pubmed/35805857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138198 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Medina, Catalina Hernández, Annel Hermosillo-Gallardo, Maria E. Gómez Gámez, Célida I. Resendiz, Eugen Morales, Maricruz Nieto, Claudia Moreno, Mildred Barquera, Simón Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title | Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title_full | Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title_fullStr | Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title_short | Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) |
title_sort | development and validation of the mexican public open spaces tool (mexpos) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138198 |
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