Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary L. Ohmer, Claudia Coulton, Darcy A. Freedman, Joanne L. Sobeck, Jamie Booth.
• Editors: Dr, Ohmer, Mary L; Coulton, Claudia J; Freedman, Darcy A. (Ann); Sobeck, Joanne L; Booth, Jamie
• Contents: List of Measures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS; Chapter 1: Introduction and Purpose; Defining Communities and Neighborhoods; Overview of Measurement Methods and Inclusion Criteria for Measures in this Book; Measurement Reliability; Measurement Validity; Purpose and Structure; Description of Book Chapters; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Framework for Community and Neighborhood Measurement; Our Conceptual Framework; Conceptual Domains; Examples of Community Measures in Research and Practice; Example Application 1: Improving Access to Healthy Food; Example Application 2: Promotion of Community Health; Example Application 3: Promoting Community Safety and Preventing Violence; Example Application 4: Prevention of Substance Use Disorders; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Methodological Considerations for Community and Neighborhood Measurement; Methodological Issues When Using Community or Neighborhood-Level Measures; Special Problems With Ecological and Geographic Units; Ecological Fallacy; The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP); Uncertain Geographic Context Problem (UGCoP); Violation of the Independence Assumption; Sampling Considerations When Community Is the Unit of Analysis; Addressing Sparseness Within Neighborhood Samples; Sampling Neighborhoods or Place-Based Communities; Sample Power in Multi-Level Studies; Assessing the Reliability of Neighborhood-Level Measures: Ecometrics; Overall Methodological Issues for Community and Neighborhood Measurement; Specifying Neighborhood as a Social and Geographic Unit; Administrative Boundaries; Resident-Perceived Neighborhoods; Physical and Spatial Characteristics; Activity Spaces; Considerations in Selecting the Unit of Analysis; Objective Versus Subjective Neighborhood Measurement; Engaging Community Partners in the Selection of Measures; Using New Technology to Measure Neighborhoods; Conclusion; CHAPTERS ON MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; Chapter 4: Community Readiness and Capacity for Change; Defining Community Readiness and Capacity; Community Readiness Model; Community Capacity for Change; Measuring Community Readiness and Capacity; Measures of Community Readiness; Measures of Community Capacity; Combined Measures of Community Readiness and Capacity; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Strategic Collective Action in Communities; The Importance of Measuring Strategic Collective Action; Methods for Measuring Strategic Collective Action; Measures of Strategic Collective Action; Participation, Representation, and Activities; Power; Collaboration; Coalitions; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Social Connections and Processes in Communities; Why is it important to measure social connections and processes in communities?; Sense of Community (SOC) Measures; Construct Validity of the SOC; SOC as an Individual- and Community-Level Construct; Measures of Neighborhood Social Processes; Collective Efficacy; Neighborhood Matters Measure; Social Capital Measures; Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement; Social Capital Measure From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods; More Recent Social Capital Measures; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Community Empowerment and Engagement; Why is it important to measure community empowerment and engagement?; Empowerment in Communities; Psychological Empowerment Measures; Community Empowerment Measure; Sociopolitical Control Measures; Community and Citizen Participation; Defining Community and Citizen Participation; Measures of Community and Citizen Participation; Civic Engagement; Defining Civic Engagement; Civic Engagement Measures; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Community Resources and Resident Satisfaction; Defining Community Resources and Satisfaction; Community Resources; Community Satisfaction; Satisfaction With Public Services; The Relationship Between Community Satisfaction and Satisfaction With Public Services; Why Measure Community Resources and Satisfaction?; Methods Used to Measure Community Resources and Satisfaction; Measures of Community Resources; Observation-Based Measures of Resources; Survey-Based Measures of Resources; Combining Observations and Survey Methods to Measure Community Resources; Measures of Community Satisfaction; Measures of Satisfaction With Public Services; Conclusion; Chapter 9: The Built Environment Influencing Healthy Living; Why is it important to measure the built environment?; How is the built environment measured?; Overview of Measures; Neighborhood Food Environment; Walkability of Neighborhoods; Recreation in Neighborhoods; Conclusion; Chapter 10: Housing and Neighborhood Change; Why are measures related to housing and neighborhood change important?; Housing Measures; Measures of Housing Quality; Measures of Housing Affordability; Measures of Housing Market Strength; Neighborhood Change Measures; Measures of Vacancy, Abandonment, and Blight; Measures of Residential Mobility and Housing Unit Turnover; Measures of Gentrification and Displacement; Conclusion; Chapter 11: Community Disorder, Crime, and Violence; Why Is It Important to Measure Disorder, Crime and Violence?; Community Disorder and Order Measures; Defining Community Disorder and Order; Measures of Community Disorder and Order; Fear of Crime; Defining Fear of Crime; Measures of Fear of Crime; Exposure to Community Violence; Defining Exposure to Community Violence; Measures of Exposure to Community Violence Among Children and Adolescents; Measures of Exposure to Community Violence Among Adults; Crime, Violence, and Related Data; Conclusion; Chapter 12: Place-based Social Exclusion and Inequity; Measuring Community Social Disadvantage; Quantifying Place-Based Segregation by Race, Ethnicity, and Income; Minority–Majority Group Measures of Segregation; Multiple Group Segregation Measures; Economic Segregation Measures; Spatial Segregation Measures; Community Diversity Measures; Measurement of Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Diversity; Measuring Income Diversity in Neighborhoods; Measuring Access to Opportunity; Measures of Job Access; Measures of Access to Services and Amenities; Conclusion; Chapter 13: Community Well-Being and Quality of Life; Defining Well-Being/Quality of Life; Individual Well-Being; Social Well-Being; Community or Neighborhood Well-Being; Why Measure Neighborhood Well-Being/Quality of Life?; As an Alternative to GDP; As an Alternative to DAYL; Well-Being Measures; Facet-Based Measures of Individual Well-Being That Include Community/Neighborhood Components; Global Measures of Community/Neighborhood Well-Being; Facet-Based Indicators of Community/Neighborhood Well-Being; Measures Used in Surveys; Measures That Use Administrative Data; Measures That Combine Survey Items and Administrative Data; Conclusion;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (488 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483358376; 1483358372
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