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Associations among individual, social, and environmental barriers and children's walking or cycling to school
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posted on 01.11.2007, 00:00 authored by Jo SalmonJo Salmon, L Salmon, David CrawfordDavid Crawford, Clare Hume, Anna TimperioAnna TimperioPurpose. To examine associations among individual, social, and environmental barriers and children's walking or cycling to school.
Design. Exploratory cross-sectional study.
Setting. All eight capital cities in Australia.
Subjects. Parents (N = 720) of school-aged children (4-13 years; 27% response rate 49% parents of boys,).
Measures. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for parental reporting of barriers to their children's walking or cycling to school, based on a computer-assisted telephone interview.
Results. Forty-one percent of children walked or cycled to school at least once per week. Multivariable analyses found inverse associations with individual ("child prefers to be driven" [OR = 0.4, 95% CI = 0.3-0.6], "no time in the mornings" [OR 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3-0.8]); social ("worry child will take risk" [OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.3-0.9], "no other children to walk with" [OR = 0.7, 95% CI = 0.4-0.99], "no adults to walk with" [OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4-0.9]); and environmental barriers ("too far to walk" [OR = 0.1, 95% CI = 0.0- 0.1], "no direct route" [OR = 0.4, 95% CI = 0.2-0. 7]) and positive associations with "concern child may he injured in a road accident" (OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.1-3.1) and active commuting.
Conclusion. Working with parents, schools, and local authorities to improve pedestrian, skills and environments may help to overcome barriers.
Design. Exploratory cross-sectional study.
Setting. All eight capital cities in Australia.
Subjects. Parents (N = 720) of school-aged children (4-13 years; 27% response rate 49% parents of boys,).
Measures. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for parental reporting of barriers to their children's walking or cycling to school, based on a computer-assisted telephone interview.
Results. Forty-one percent of children walked or cycled to school at least once per week. Multivariable analyses found inverse associations with individual ("child prefers to be driven" [OR = 0.4, 95% CI = 0.3-0.6], "no time in the mornings" [OR 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3-0.8]); social ("worry child will take risk" [OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.3-0.9], "no other children to walk with" [OR = 0.7, 95% CI = 0.4-0.99], "no adults to walk with" [OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4-0.9]); and environmental barriers ("too far to walk" [OR = 0.1, 95% CI = 0.0- 0.1], "no direct route" [OR = 0.4, 95% CI = 0.2-0. 7]) and positive associations with "concern child may he injured in a road accident" (OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.1-3.1) and active commuting.
Conclusion. Working with parents, schools, and local authorities to improve pedestrian, skills and environments may help to overcome barriers.
