Development and deployment of the Computer Assisted Neighborhood Visual Assessment System (CANVAS) to measure health-related neighborhood conditions

Health and Place

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-172

  Bader, Michael D M ^a   Mooney, Stephen J ^b   Lee, Yeon Jin ^c   Sheehan, Daniel ^b   Neckerman, Kathryn M ^d   Rundle, Andrew G ^b   Teitler, Julien O ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Google street view; Neighborhood audit; Systematic social observation; Walkability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNET; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED NEIGHBORHOOD VISUAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NEW YORK; REPRODUCIBILITY;

UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84920920607     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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