Neighbourhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ):
Neighbourhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ), Korean (translation Hyung-Sook Lee):
RESIDE is a five-year research project that aims to evaluate the impact of urban design on health. In particular, the impact of urban design on walking, cycling, use of public transport and sense of community will be studied.
The study is a colloborative project with the Department of Planning, The National Heart Foundation and the Water Corporation.
Since 1995, the School of Population Health has conducted two research projects examining the relative influence of individual and environmental factors on physical activity and walking (SEID I and II). The RESIDE study is the third SEID project, which began in February 2003.
A unique feature of the study is that participants are surveyed before they moved into their new homes. This helped to distinguish whether people select neighbourhoods that cater for their current lifestyles and health behaviours, or whether lifestyles and health behaviours are shaped by the environment in which people live.
The results of the study will be available for local and state government policy makers, planners and developers.