Add to ORKGMany children do not meet the physical activity targets necessary to accrue health benefits. Declines in active school travel over the past half century are one example of how opportunities for daily physical activity for children have been lost. Adult safety concerns may partially relate to the recent decreases in active school travel. This dissertation examines the connection between safety, the built environment and school travel behaviour. A mixed methods study design explores the links between safety, the environment, physical activity and school transport. Findings from the first results chapter suggest that safety in general is a concern for both parents and children but safety concerns are not uniform. Both parents and childr...
Over the past several years, the private vehicle has become the predominant mode of travel to school...
Child pedestrians are vulnerable to traffic-related injuries and fatalities. Though a decrease in th...
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which bu...
Many children do not meet the physical activity targets necessary to accrue health benefits. Declin...
Background: Children in developed nations are spending more time in cars and fewer are walking to sc...
Background Walking to school is an important source of physical activity for children. Parents are t...
Little research on children’s mode of travel had been completed until Safe Routes to School became a...
Active school travel contributes to children’s physical, mental and social wellbeing. The prevalence...
Active school travel contributes to children’s physical, mental and social wellbeing. The prevalence...
This study investigates school travel from four schools in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Document...
Childhood obesity has doubled in the last thirty years. At the same time, youth travel patterns have...
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Three children 14 and younger are killed daily in the Unit...
Interest in school transportation has emerged in response to concern over the reduced levels of phys...
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which bu...
Given declines in physical activity among youth, active school travel (AST) is of increasing policy,...
Over the past several years, the private vehicle has become the predominant mode of travel to school...
Child pedestrians are vulnerable to traffic-related injuries and fatalities. Though a decrease in th...
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which bu...
Many children do not meet the physical activity targets necessary to accrue health benefits. Declin...
Background: Children in developed nations are spending more time in cars and fewer are walking to sc...
Background Walking to school is an important source of physical activity for children. Parents are t...
Little research on children’s mode of travel had been completed until Safe Routes to School became a...
Active school travel contributes to children’s physical, mental and social wellbeing. The prevalence...
Active school travel contributes to children’s physical, mental and social wellbeing. The prevalence...
This study investigates school travel from four schools in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Document...
Childhood obesity has doubled in the last thirty years. At the same time, youth travel patterns have...
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Three children 14 and younger are killed daily in the Unit...
Interest in school transportation has emerged in response to concern over the reduced levels of phys...
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which bu...
Given declines in physical activity among youth, active school travel (AST) is of increasing policy,...
Over the past several years, the private vehicle has become the predominant mode of travel to school...
Child pedestrians are vulnerable to traffic-related injuries and fatalities. Though a decrease in th...
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which bu...