| School Administrators' Perceptions of Factors That Influence Children's Active Travel to School. | |
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PMID: 22070505 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Increasing children's active travel to school may be 1 strategy for addressing the growing prevalence of obesity among school age children. Using the School Travel Survey, we examined South Carolina school district leaders' perceptions of factors that influence elementary and middle school students walking to school. METHODS: Frequency distributions and chi-square tests were used to analyze the survey responses; open-ended questions were reviewed qualitatively for recurring topics and themes. RESULTS: School and district leaders (N = 314) most often reported street crossing safety (54.0%) and number of sidewalks (54.0%) as priority factors that should be addressed to increase students' active travel to school, followed by distance to school (46.0%), traffic volume (42.4%), parental attitudes (27.0%), traffic speed (26.7%), neighborhood condition (24.4%), and student attitudes (10.0%). Several respondents expressed concerns about liability issues related to students' active travel to school while others reported that schools are not responsible for students' safety once students leave school grounds. Independent of their comments about liability, respondents were concerned about the safety of students while walking to school. CONCLUSIONS: Those promoting active travel to school may benefit from addressing those factors perceived as most important by school and district leaders, including street crossing safety, number of sidewalks, and by educating school and district leaders about liability and safety issues related to students walking to school. |
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Anna E Price; Delores M Pluto; Olga Ogoussan; Jorge A Banda |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: The Journal of school health Volume: 81 ISSN: 1746-1561 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-11-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376370 Medline TA: J Sch Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 741-748 Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011, American School Health Association. |
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Assistant Professor, (pricea5@sacredheart.edu), Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, College of Health Professions, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825. Youth Risk Factor Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) and School Policy Coordinator, (dpluto@ed.sc.gov), South Carolina Department of Education, 3710 Landmark Drive Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201. Deceased, Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Graduate Research Assistant, (jabanda@gmail.com), Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208. |
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