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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for article selection

From: Walkability and urban built environments—a systematic review of health impact assessments (HIA)

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Subject:

Subject:

• Real or projected (modelled) health outcomes (e.g. mortality, incidence or prevalence of diseases) of

 º a policy, programme, or project that

 º intended to improve or actually improved a feature of the built environment related to walkability

 º within an urban area

• Studies reporting only on the association between features of the built environment and health outcomes

• Studies reporting on health outcomes or health impact of changes of active transport (AT) or physical activity (PA) in general without reference to specific changes of the built environment that could effect such changes of AT or PA

• Studies addressing changes in specific settings (e.g. clinical setting as a hospital, school, or kindergarden) but not generally in an urban geographic area

Type of publication:

Type of publication:

• Original publications (journal articles)

• Book chapters

• Review articles

• Editorials, short communications, abstracts, and conference contributions

Language:

Language:

• English

• German

• Any language other than English or German

Year of publication:

Year of publication:

• 2010—2021

• Publication before 2010