SynthesisJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2025
Measuring Street Built Environments for Children's Use: A Systematic Review of Measurement Tools.
Synthesis in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Street-level environments play a vital role in children's development by promoting their physical activity, cognitive growth, and overall development. This study systematically reviews the measurement tools available to assess street environments according to children's needs. This systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA-COSMIN guidelines. Five databases were searched-Science, PubMed, EBSCO, PsycINFO, and Scopus-and gray Literature was identified using Google Scholar. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were formulated to screen the retrieved articles. The studies included were assessed for risk of bias using the COSMIN RoB checklist. A total of 25 assessment tools were included. The characteristics and measurement properties of these tools are described in two main categories: audit tools and questionnaires. The elements of street built environments addressed in the tools were reflected in five domains: convenience, functionality, safety, aesthetics, and overall perception. For future research, recommendations for tool improvement are proposed, involving participant inclusion and methodological strategies, tool selection, environmental domains, and technological applications in measurement tools. These findings highlight the importance of focusing on children's unique needs when using street environment assessment tools. Future tools should integrate urban big data and computer vision technologies to support the development of child-friendly street environments.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.