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Area of Science:

  • Environmental health
  • Public health research methodology
  • Geospatial analysis

Background:

  • Traditional neighborhood audits are resource-intensive.
  • Google Street View (GSV) offers potential for remote environmental assessment.
  • Previous research highlights GSV's utility for neighborhood audits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the reliability and utility of GSV-based neighborhood audits.
  • To assess GSV's effectiveness in measuring and matching study areas, specifically for retail alcohol environments.
  • To determine if GSV can substitute for traditional methods when data is insufficient or costly.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a GSV-based inventory to measure retail alcohol store characteristics and neighborhood features.
  • Assessed the reliability of the GSV inventory.
  • Evaluated the utility of GSV audits for matching target and comparison study areas.

Main Results:

  • GSV-based neighborhood audits demonstrated reliability.
  • GSV audits proved useful for matching study areas.
  • This method is cost-effective, especially when primary data collection is prohibitive or archival data is insufficient.

Conclusions:

  • GSV is a valuable, reliable, and cost-effective tool for neighborhood audits and matching study areas.
  • Future research should focus on stable, easily visible characteristics on GSV.
  • Segmenting study areas may enhance measurement accuracy and matching precision.