Validation of a tool to conduct a Built Environment Analysis in a Low Income Country Setting

Validated BEA approaches for other health events have been shown to streamline research reproducibility and comparability. BEA auditing instruments for cardiovascular health, physical activity, and healthy aging have been validated in multiple country settings {Bethlehem, 2014, The SPOTLIGHT virtual audit tool: a valid and reliable tool to assess obesogenic characteristics of the built environment}. These validated tools streamline the research for other projects on the topic, and stand as a template for research that investigates BEA with similar health events {Bethlehem, 2014, The SPOTLIGHT virtual audit tool: a valid and reliable tool to assess obesogenic characteristics of the built environment}. With increasingly more research on RTI, standardized BEA methodology now will support the growing field of research and allow for more collaboration within the field. This project aims to validate the use of a standard tool to perform a Built Environment Analysis (BEA) for capturing the environmental conditions of the road traffic injury hotspots in LMIC. The psychometrics properties such as internal construct, reliability and external validity, will be compared to validate the instrument in LMIC.