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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Urban Planning
  • Physical Activity Research

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  • The Irvine-Minnesota Inventory (IMI) is an audit tool for built environments.
  • It aims to explore links between environmental features and physical activity.
  • Existing IMI publications lack scoring methods for this purpose.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine existing IMI scoring procedures in new urban settings.
  • To test the consistency of IMI scale relationships with walking behavior.
  • To evaluate the reliability and validity of scales formed from IMI items.

Main Methods:

  • Collected IMI data in two Alberta urban settings in 2008.
  • Calculated scale scores using methods from two previous papers.
  • Tested relationships between IMI scales and walking behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Scales derived from previous methods did not demonstrate expected relationships with walking behavior.
  • Replication of scale construction techniques yielded scales dissimilar to previous findings.
  • The IMI scales showed limited consistency across different settings or methods.

Conclusions:

  • The IMI has significant potential for built environment and physical activity research.
  • Current methods for constructing reliable and valid IMI scales require further investigation.
  • Additional research is needed to optimize IMI scale development for accurate analysis.