Personal, Family, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Active Commuting to School

Timperio, Anna; Ball, Kylie; Salmon, Jo; Roberts, Rebecca; Giles-Corti, Billie; Simmons, Dianne; Baur, Louise A.; Crawford, David

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2005.08.047

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“…Additionally, the few studies that have assessed both parent and child perceptions of the neighborhood environment found conflicting results with regard to the influence of the child’s perception of this environment on active commuting to school. (44, 46) Moreover, the focus of these studies was primarily on the influence of the neighborhood environment on active travel to school and, as such, the impact of the neighborhood environment, perceived by the parent and the child, on children’s MVPA behavior remains unclear.…”

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Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children’s Afterschool Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity

McDonald

Dowda

Colabianchi

et al. 2015

Pediatric Exercise Science

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Previous research suggests the neighborhood environment may be an important influence on children’s physical activity (PA) behaviors; however, findings are inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to further understand the relationship between perceptions of the neighborhood environment and children’s afterschool moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). Utilizing a structural equation modeling technique, we tested a conceptual model linking parent and child perceptions of the neighborhood environment, parent support for PA, and child outdoor PA with children’s afterschool MVPA. We found that child perception of the neighborhood environment and outdoor PA were positively associated with afterschool MVPA. In addition, parent support for PA positively influenced children’s outdoor PA. The neighborhood environment and outdoor activity appear to play an influential role on children’s afterschool PA behaviors.

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Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children’s Afterschool Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity

McDonald

Dowda

Colabianchi

et al. 2015

Pediatric Exercise Science

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“…Gender differences in travel choices are noted in some studies, but the literature is inconsistent (Babey et al, 2009;Merom et al, 2006). Some studies report a positive association between children's active commuting and high SES (Bere et al, 2008;Timperio et al, 2006), other studies find no or negative associations (Babey et al, 2009;Mota et al, 2007). Ambiguous results have also been reported between active commuting and ethnicity (Babey et al, 2009;Bere et al, 2008;Harten and Olds 2004).…”

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Seasonal and socio-demographic determinants of school commuting

Børrestad

Andersen

Bere

2011

Preventive Medicine

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Børrestad, L. A. B., Andersen, L. B., Bere, E. (2011 The participants were categorized according to main mode of commuting to school in the three different school seasons (fall, winter and spring) and for the full school year if more than 50% of all trips were conducted by one specific mode.Results: Most pupils (75%) were categorized as active commuters for the full school year.However, large seasonal variances were observed, especially for cycling. A total of 52%, 3%and 51% were categorized as cyclists in fall, winter and spring, respectively. Girls were more likely to be walkers (32% vs.24%) and less likely to be cyclist (32% vs. 41%) than boys.Children of parents with higher education were more likely to be cyclist in fall (57% vs. 42%) and spring (56% vs.40%), however, they were more likely to be walkers during winter time (71% vs.56%).Conclusions: Most children reported that they were active commuters. Large seasonal variation was observed, especially regarding cycling.

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“…Children living less than one mile from school are more like to walk or bicycle to (Kweon, Shin, Folzenlogen, & Kim, 2006); (Dellinger, 2002); (Ewing et al, 2004a); (McMillan, 2003); (Schlossberg et al, 2006); (A. Timperio et al, 2006). These studies also found that the likelihood of active transportation to school decreases as the distance between home and school increases (Yarlagadda & Srinivasan, 2007).…”

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“…In contrast, (A. Timperio et al, 2006) found that a direct route and inter-connected street network decreased likelihood of active transportation to school, but hypothesized that less-connected streets were less exposed to traffic and therefore viewed by parents as safer for children to walk.…”

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“…Objective measures of a dangerous environment, such as a busy road barrier, such as a freeway, highway or arterial road) prevents parents from allowing their children to walk or bike to school (A. Timperio et al, 2006). Higher traffic volumes (more than 750 per hour) and speeds (over 40 mph) increases the risk of crashes near schools and speeds greater than 30 mph along the route decreased the probability that a child would be allowed to bike or walk (Anderson et al, 2003).…”

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Evaluation of Safe Routes to School Programs: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Parental Decision-Making

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McDonald

2011

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Personal, Family, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Active Commuting to School

Cited by 657 publications

References 27 publications

Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children’s Afterschool Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity

Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children’s Afterschool Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity

Seasonal and socio-demographic determinants of school commuting

Evaluation of Safe Routes to School Programs: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Parental Decision-Making

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