Active Neighborhood Checklist Tool

The Active Neighborhood Checklist is a user-friendly observational tool designed to assess key street-level features of the neighborhood environment that are thought to be related to physical activity behavior.

Active Neighborhood Checklist Protocol

This two-page protocol gives brief instructions on ways to conduct audits of neighborhood streets, as well as operational definitions for key concepts or terms that are not self-explanatory in the Checklist.

Active Neighborhood Checklist Publication

Hoehner CM, Ivy A, Ramirez LK, Handy S, Brownson RC. Active neighborhood checklist: a user-friendly and reliable tool for assessing activity friendliness. Am J Health Promot. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(6):534-7. PubMed [citation] PMID: 17674642