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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Public Health. 2012 Jul 26;103(9 Suppl 3):eS67–eS72. doi: 10.1007/BF03403838

Table 1.

Categorized Questions

Focus Area for Evaluation Purpose
Awareness

  • Did respondents have a copy of the walking map?

  • Were respondents aware that a map had been developed for their neighbourhood?

 To determine the number of individuals who had a copy of the map and whether they were aware that the map had been produced.
Map distribution

  • How did people get their copy of the map?

  • How would they like to get a copy of the map in the future?

 To determine what tactics were effective in the dissemination of the map and how residents would like to receive it.
Short-term change

  • Did the map influence behaviour in the short term?

  • Did respondents walk more to local destinations or for recreation?

  • Did the map actually get respondents walking (distinction between exercise and purposeful walking)?

 To compare the amount of time the respondents had the map with the number of routes they tried and to determine whether people actually walked the routes.
Long-term change

  • Did the map influence behaviour change in the long term?

 To determine the long-term behaviour change produced by the map.
Personal impact

  • Did respondents find this product a useful resource?

 To determine whether respondents found the map to be a useful tool in identifying safe walking routes in their community.
Community impact

  • Is this a worthwhile project or resource for the community?

  • What other benefits for the community were associated with doing this project?

  • Have respondents visited local destinations highlighted in the map?

 To determine the value respondents placed on the map and whether they had visited local destinations shown on the map.
Map perception

  • What aspects of the map did the respondents like or dislike?

 To determine what aspects of the map were viewed as valuable by the respondents and what they did not like.
Map improvement

  • How could this be a more useful tool/resource?

 A list of potential map improvements was provided to respondents to check all that apply in terms of the types of change that would make the map a more useful tool.
Demographic information

  • Demographic information

 General demographic data were necessary to obtain information on the types of individual who responded.