U.S. flag An official website of the United States government.
Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

i

A systematic review of interventions for promoting active transportation to school

Supporting Files


Details

  • Alternative Title:
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act
  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    Background

    Active transportation to school is an important contributor to the total physical activity of children and adolescents. However, active school travel has declined over time, and interventions are needed to reverse this trend. The purpose of this paper is to review intervention studies related to active school transportation to guide future intervention research.

    Methods

    A systematic review was conducted to identify intervention studies of active transportation to school published in the scientific literature through January 2010. Five electronic databases and a manual search were conducted. Detailed information was extracted, including a quantitative assessment comparing the effect sizes, and a qualitative assessment using an established evaluation tool.

    Results

    We identified 14 interventions that focused on active transportation to school. These interventions mainly focused on primary school children in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Almost all the interventions used quasi-experimental designs (10/14), and most of the interventions reported a small effect size on active transportation (6/14).

    Conclusion

    More research with higher quality study designs and measures should be conducted to further evaluate interventions and to determine the most successful strategies for increasing active transportation to school.

  • Subjects:
  • Source:
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011; 8:10.
  • Pubmed ID:
    21320322
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC3050785
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    U48-DP000059/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
  • Volume:
    8
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:deaa2501920c14cb64e16b4cfbeefad483a5dc06ede17dc1f75b62439105c9cb
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 256.84 KB ]
PREVIOUS
ON THIS PAGE
Details Supporting Files
CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
BACK TO TOP