Designing a health, safety and environment questionnaire for pedestrians and vulnerable groups
Journal of Behdasht dar Arseh (i.e., Health in the Field),
Vol. 11 No. 2 (1402),
24 October 2023
,
Page 11-23
https://doi.org/10.22037/jhf.v11i2.42533
Abstract
Background and Aims: The purpose of this research is to design and build a comprehensive questionnaire covering all three indicators of environment, safety and health for pedestrians and vulnerable groups based on structural equation modeling (SEM).
Materials and Methods: Following the gathering of information to provide the basic foundations for the formulation of the necessary elements for the structures of this questionnaire, the 10th district of Shiraz was chosen as a statistical population given the existence of two neighborhoods with old and new textures. Totally, 383 pedestrians participated in the study with the approach of vulnerable groups living in this area. The formal, content, and structural validity of the questionnaire was assessed Data were analyzed through SPSS and LISREL software. Ethical considerations were observed in all stages of the study.
Results: The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire (ICC coefficient) was 0.875 with Cronbach's alpha of more than 0.7, indicating its proper reliability. The power of the relationship between the quality of safety and health was 0.64, demonstrating the optimal correlation between the variables. The t -test was also 13.04 and showed the significant correlation. Therefore, the quality of safety has a positive effect on health.
Conclusion: The optimization of urban passages and spaces enables pedestrian, especially the vulnerable groups, to use their abilities and experiences in the best way for the development of the society. Also, they will be more active and thus less mental and physical problems and diseases will occur in these groups of people.
- Health, Environment and safety indices, Vulnerable pedestrians, Structural equation modeling
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