OBJECTIVE: To describe the development, reliability, and validity of the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT) for assessing worksite physical and social environmental support for obesity prevention. METHODS: The EAT was developed using a multistep process. Inter-rater reliability was estimated via Kappa and other measures. Concurrent and predictive validity were estimated using site-level correlations and person-level multiple regression analyses comparing EAT scores and employee absenteeism and health care expenditures. RESULTS: Results show high inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity for many measures and predictive validity for absenteeism expenditures. CONCLUSIONS: The primary use of the EAT is as a physical and social environment assessment tool for worksite obesity prevention efforts. It can be used as a reliable and valid means to estimate relationships between environmental interventions and absenteeism and medical expenditures, provided those expenditures are for the same year that the EAT is administered.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development, reliability, and validity of the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT) for assessing worksite physical and social environmental support for obesity prevention. METHODS: The EAT was developed using a multistep process. Inter-rater reliability was estimated via Kappa and other measures. Concurrent and predictive validity were estimated using site-level correlations and person-level multiple regression analyses comparing EAT scores and employee absenteeism and health care expenditures. RESULTS: Results show high inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity for many measures and predictive validity for absenteeism expenditures. CONCLUSIONS: The primary use of the EAT is as a physical and social environment assessment tool for worksite obesity prevention efforts. It can be used as a reliable and valid means to estimate relationships between environmental interventions and absenteeism and medical expenditures, provided those expenditures are for the same year that the EAT is administered.
Authors: B E Ainsworth; D R Bassett; S J Strath; A M Swartz; W L O'Brien; R W Thompson; D A Jones; C A Macera; C D Kimsey Journal: Med Sci Sports Exerc Date: 2000-09 Impact factor: 5.411
Authors: Nicholas J Haynes; Robert J Vandenberg; David M DeJoy; Mark G Wilson; Heather M Padilla; Heather S Zuercher; Melissa M Robertson Journal: Am Psychol Date: 2019-04
Authors: Elizabeth Anne Dodson; James Aaron Hipp; Mengchao Gao; Rachel Gail Tabak; Lin Yang; Ross Charles Brownson Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2016-08 Impact factor: 2.162
Authors: David M DeJoy; Kristin M Parker; Heather M Padilla; Mark G Wilson; Enid C Roemer; Ron Z Goetzel Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2011-03 Impact factor: 2.162
Authors: Elizabeth A Dodson; J Aaron Hipp; Jung Ae Lee; Lin Yang; Christine M Marx; Rachel G Tabak; Ross C Brownson Journal: Am J Health Promot Date: 2016-11-03
Authors: Christine M Hoehner; Elizabeth L Budd; Christine M Marx; Elizabeth A Dodson; Ross C Brownson Journal: J Public Health Manag Pract Date: 2013 May-Jun
Authors: Ron Z Goetzel; Kristin M Baker; Meghan E Short; Xiaofei Pei; Ronald J Ozminkowski; Shaohung Wang; Jennie D Bowen; Enid C Roemer; Beth A Craun; Karen J Tully; Catherine M Baase; David M DeJoy; Mark G Wilson Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2009-02 Impact factor: 2.162