Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 126-137 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health