Evaluating the Implementation and Active Living Impacts of a State Government Planning Policy Designed to Create Walkable Neighborhoods in Perth, Western Australia

• Published in: American journal of health promotion Vol. 28; no. 3_suppl; pp. S5 - S18
• Main Authors: Hooper, Paula, Giles-Corti, Billie, Knuiman, Matthew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Australia; Cluster Analysis; Compliance; Cross-Sectional Studies; Environment Design - standards; Environment Design - statistics & numerical data; Geographic Information Systems; Government Programs - organization & administration; Government Programs - standards; Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Guidelines as Topic; Health Plan Implementation - methods; Health Plan Implementation - organization & administration; Health Services Research - methods; Housing; Humans; Logistic Models; Logistics; Neighborhoods; Neighbourhoods; Physical fitness; Planning; Program Evaluation; Recreation; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; State government; Transport; Transportation - methods; Transportation - statistics & numerical data; Walking; Walking - statistics & numerical data; Western Australia; Western Australia; Liveable Neighborhoods; Health focus: Fitness/physical activity; Manuscript format: research; Outcome measure: behavioral; Setting: local community, state/national; Perth; New Urbanism; Planning Policy; Prevention Research; Walking; Built Environment; Study design: quasi-experimental; Target population: adults; Target population circumstances: geographic location; Strategy: policy, built environment; Research purpose: intervention testing/program evaluation

Purpose. Evaluate the implementation of a government planning policy (Liveable Neighbourhoods Guidelines) and its impacts on residents' walking behaviors. Design. Cross-sectional study of participants from the RESIDential Environments project (RESIDE). Setting. Nineteen “liveable” and 17 “conve...