ArticleHealth & place2013
Factors influencing whether children walk to school.
Article in Health & place, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Socioeconomic position, built environment and physical activity among children and adolescents: a systematic review of mediating and moderating effects.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- The built environment as determinant of childhood obesity: A systematic literature review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Traffic-related environmental factors and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Pooled it
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- Factors Associated with Walking to School Within a Feasible Walking Distance: The Key Role of Perceived Attractiveness of Walking Route.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Spatial accessibility to gun violence exposure on walkable routes to and from school.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- How the Built Environment Moderates Gender Gap in Active Commuting to Schools.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Perceived Safety Influencing Active Travel to School-A Built Environment Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- The community food environment moderates the relationship between active commuting to school and child weight status.Journal of transport & health · 2022Article
- School-Level Economic Disparities in Police-Reported Crimes and Active Commuting to School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Active living environments mediate rural and non-rural differences in physical activity, active transportation, and screen time among adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Land use mix in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Review
- Impact of Environmental Injustice on Children's Health-Interaction between Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Status.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Associations of active travel with adiposity among children and socioeconomic differentials: a longitudinal study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Children's Active School Travel: Examining the Combined Perceived and Objective Built-Environment Factors from Space Syntax.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Reported Neighborhood Traffic and the Odds of Asthma/Asthma-Like Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Racial Cohort of Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Prevalence of children walking to school and related barriers-United States, 2017.Preventive medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Few studies have simultaneously evaluated multiple levels of influence on whether children walk to school. A large cohort of 4338 subjects from 10 communities was used to identify the determinants of walking through (1) a one-level logistic regression model for individual-level variables and (2) a two-level mixed regression model for individual and school-level variables. Walking rates were positively associated with home-to-school proximity, greater age, and living in neighborhoods characterized by lower traffic density. Greater land use mix around the home was, however, associated with lower rates of walking. Rates of walking to school were also higher amongst recipients of the Free and Reduced Price Meals Program and attendees of schools with higher percentage of English language learners. Designing schools in the same neighborhood as residential districts should be an essential urban planning strategy to reduce walking distance to school. Policy interventions are needed to encourage children from higher socioeconomic status families to participate in active travel to school and to develop walking infrastructures and other measures that protect disadvantaged children.
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