Trial reportArchives of disease in childhood2003
Randomised controlled trial of site specific advice on school travel patterns.
Trial report in Archives of disease in childhood, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Characteristics and practices of school-based cluster randomised controlled trials for improving health outcomes in pupils in the United Kingdom: a methodological systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of active school transport interventions: a systematic review and update.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of intervention effects on potential mediators of children's physical activity.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions for promoting active transportation to school.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2011Pooled it
- Organisational travel plans for improving health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Motivating public school districts to adopt sun protection policies: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2011Trial
- Mobility Infrastructures and Health: Scoping Review of studies in Europe.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- School-Level Factors Associated with Sun Protection Practices in California Elementary Schools.The Journal of school health · 2020Article
- Impact of an Australian state-wide active travel campaign targeting primary schools.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Accuracy of Principal and Teacher Knowledge of School District Policies on Sun Protection in California Elementary Schools.Preventing chronic disease · 2018Article
- Effects of a school-based intervention on active commuting to school and health-related fitness.BMC public health · 2017Article
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- Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community.BMC public health · 2009Article
- Validity and reliability of a school travel survey.Journal of physical activity & health · 2008Article
- Evidence-based practice in road casualty reduction.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2007Article
- Promoting walking to school: results of a quasi-experimental trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Article
- Relationship between walking levels and perceptions of the local neighbourhood environment.Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Article
- Congestion charging and the walking classes.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003Article
- Policy options to support physical activity in schools.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueReview
- Safer Roads to School.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
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Abstract
aimsTo evaluate the effect of site specific advice from a school travel coordinator on school travel patterns.
methodsCluster randomised controlled trial of children attending 21 primary schools in the London boroughs of Camden and Islington. A post-intervention survey measured the proportion of children walking, cycling, or using public transport for travel to school, and the proportion of parents/carers very or quite worried about traffic and abduction. The proportion of schools that developed and implemented travel plans was assessed.
resultsOne year post-intervention, nine of 11 intervention schools and none of 10 control schools had travel plans. Proportions of children walking, cycling, or using public transport on the school journey were similar in intervention and control schools. The proportion of parents who were very or quite worried about traffic danger was similar in the intervention (85%) and control groups (87%). However, after adjusting for baseline and other potential confounding factors we could not exclude the possibility of a modest reduction in parental concern about traffic danger as a result of the intervention.
conclusionsHaving a school travel coordinator increased the production of school travel plans but there was no evidence that this changed travel patterns or reduced parental fears. Given the uncertainty about effectiveness, the policy of providing school travel coordinators should only be implemented within the context of a randomised controlled trial.
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