The effects of free-fare public transportation on the total active travel in children: A cross-sectional comparison between two Finnish towns

Pesola, Arto J.; Hakala, Pirjo; Berg, Päivi; Ramezani, Samira; Villanueva, Karen; Rinne, Tiina

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2022.101506

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“…Data was collected in FREERIDE project from 10 to 12-year-old children living in two South-Eastern Finnish cities, Mikkeli and Kouvola ( 25 , 26 ). After receiving permission to recruit participants through schools, children and their parents were contacted through 11 primary schools in Mikkeli and 10 primary schools in Kouvola.…”

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“…Questionnaire included questions about background variables and visits to different destinations and travel modes, which are reported elsewhere ( 25 , 26 ).…”

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“…Given the mentioned challenges in measuring free-living cycling, proper criterion measures are also less available. Active travel habits are often measured with questionnaires or travel logs, which provide excellent individuallevel validity for travel mode and are easier to use in larger samples as compared to device-based measures, like GPS sensors (24). Therefore, comparing device-measured physical activity during questionnaire-based travel modes can provide a possibility to evaluate the relative physical activity level between these travel modes in free-living conditions.…”

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Sensitivity and specificity of measuring children's free-living cycling with a thigh-worn Fibion® accelerometer

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Esmaeilzadeh,

Hakala

et al. 2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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ObjectiveCycling is an important part of children's active travel, but its measurement using accelerometry is a challenge. The aim of the present study was to evaluate physical activity duration and intensity, and sensitivity and specificity of free-living cycling measured with a thigh-worn accelerometer.MethodsParticipants were 160 children (44 boys) aged 11.5 ± 0.9 years who wore a triaxial Fibion® accelerometer on right thigh for 8 days, 24 h per day, and reported start time and duration of all cycling, walking and car trips to a travel log. Linear mixed effects models were used to predict and compare Fibion-measured activity and moderate-to-vigorous activity duration, cycling duration and metabolic equivalents (METs) between the travel types. Sensitivity and specificity of cycling bouts during cycling trips as compared to walking and car trips was also evaluated.ResultsChildren reported a total of 1,049 cycling trips (mean 7.08 ± 4.58 trips per child), 379 walking trips (3.08 ± 2.81) and 716 car trips (4.79 ± 3.96). There was no difference in activity and moderate-to-vigorous activity duration (p > .105), a lower cycling duration (−1.83 min, p < .001), and a higher MET-level (0.95, p < .001) during walking trips as compared to cycling trips. Both activity (−4.54 min, p < .001), moderate-to-vigorous activity (−3.60 min, p < .001), cycling duration (−1.74 min, p < .001) and MET-level (−0.99, p < .001) were lower during car trips as compared to cycling trips. Fibion showed the sensitivity of 72.2% and specificity of 81.9% for measuring cycling activity type during the reported cycling trips as compared to walking and car trips when the minimum required duration for cycling was less than 29 s.ConclusionsThe thigh-worn Fibion® accelerometer measured a greater duration of cycling, a lower MET-level, and a similar duration of total activity and moderate-to-vigorous activity during free-living cycling trips as compared to walking trips, suggesting it can be used to measure free-living cycling activity and moderate-to-vigorous activity duration in 10–12-year-old children.

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“…Questionnaire included questions about background variables and visits to different destinations and travel modes, which are reported elsewhere ( 25 , 26 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sensitivity and specificity of measuring children's free-living cycling with a thigh-worn Fibion® accelerometer

Pesola,

Esmaeilzadeh,

Hakala

et al. 2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…(A hazai viszonyok között a középiskolai továbbtanulásban részt venni kívánó falusi fiataloknak átlagosan mintegy 12-16 kilométert kell megtenniük a legközelebbi középiskoláig (OEK 2006).) A távolsági adatokon túl felértékelődik az időbeli ráfordítás kérdése is, mivel a tanulók ingázásra fordított ideje nyilvánvalóan nem csak a települések közötti (vagy településen belüli) utazási időt tartalmazza -abban szerepet játszanak a tapasztalt valós forgalmi viszonyok (melyek a legtöbb esetben nagyobb utazási időt jelentenek a modellezettnél), de a lakóhelytől a közlekedési eszközig, valamint a megállótól/parkolótól az iskoláig való eljutást és a visszautat egyaránt magában foglalja (Pesola et al 2022). Még komplexebbé válik az ingázás kérdésköre, amennyiben határtérségben zajlik, esetleg határátlépés is történik annak során (pl.…”

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A középfokú oktatási ingázás vizsgálata Magyarországon a 2010-es években

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A középfokú oktatási ingázás fontos szerepet tölt be az oktatás rendszerében hazánkban. Vizsgálatunk során három időmetszetben (2013, 2016 és 2019) elemeztük az ingázási hálózatokat, amely során az intézményi adatokat településekre összesítettük. Az ingázás csökkenő értékeiben közrejátszanak a demográfiai folyamatok és a hazai oktatáspolitika hatása (a tankötelezettségi korhatár csökkentése). Ez a csökkenés azonban elsősorban a vidéki és elmaradott térségekben jelentkezett, ugyanakkor a nagyvárosok agglomerációs térségeiben intenzív és bővülő ingázási övezeteket lehet megfigyelni.

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