ArticleHealth & place2012
Impact of a pilot walking school bus intervention on children's pedestrian safety behaviors: a pilot study.
Article in Health & place, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Evaluation of a walking school bus program: a cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
- Parent Perceptions on a Walking School Bus Program Among Low-Income Families: A Qualitative Study.Journal of physical activity & health · 2019Trial
- Understanding the synergies among factors shaping parents' intention to use walking school buses.Npj sustainable mobility and transport · 2026Article
- The Effect of Route Choice in Children's Exposure to Ultrafine Particles Whilst Walking to School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of a school-based intervention on active commuting to school and health-related fitness.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Preventing Child Pedestrian Injury: A Guide for Practitioners.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2015Article
- Walking school buses as a form of active transportation for children-a review of the evidence.The Journal of school health · 2015Review
- Active commuting to elementary school and adiposity: an observational study.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2014Observational
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Abstract
Walking school buses (WSB) increased children's physical activity, but impact on pedestrian safety behaviors (PSB) is unknown. We tested the feasibility of a protocol evaluating changes to PSB during a WSB program. Outcomes were school-level street crossing PSB prior to (Time 1) and during weeks 4-5 (Time 2) of the WSB. The protocol collected 1252 observations at Time 1 and 2548 at Time 2. Mixed model analyses yielded: intervention schoolchildren had 5-fold higher odds (p<0.01) of crossing at the corner/crosswalk but 5-fold lower odds (p<0.01) of stopping at the curb. The protocol appears feasible for documenting changes to school-level PSB.
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