ArticleHealth & place2016
Gamification of active travel to school: A pilot evaluation of the Beat the Street physical activity intervention.
Article in Health & place, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06357065 (Effectiveness of the Active Transport Educational Program Based on the Ecological Model on Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Secondary Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of the Active Transport Educational Program Based on the Ecological Model on Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Secondary Students: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Mov-Es Project)
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- Shaping Pathways to Child Health: A Systematic Review of Street-Scale Interventions in City Streets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects of mHealth-Based Gamification Interventions on Participation in Physical Activity: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Strategies and effects of school-based interventions to promote active school transportation by bicycle among children and adolescents: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of active school transport interventions: a systematic review and update.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of a school-based cycling intervention on commuting to school behavior and device-measured activity in Spanish adolescents: the PACO cluster-randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Trial
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- Policy on the move: active travel to school among 7-16-year-olds in Wales and its links to school policy and socio-demographic factors.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Community activity intervention reduced sitting time and improved population physical activity levels.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of an Ecological Model-Based Active Transport Education Program on Physical and Mental Health in High School Students (MOV-ES Project): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The intervention design to promote active travel mode among children and adolescents: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Physical activity interventions in European primary schools: a scoping review to create a framework for the design of tailored interventions in European countries.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Modifying urban planning to promote child health: A scoping review of reviews.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Review
- Convergent Validation of a Self-Reported Commuting to and from School Diary in Spanish Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Reusable Multiplayer Game for Promoting Active School Transport: Development Study.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Compensation or Displacement of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- School-Based Interventions for Promoting Physical Activity Using Games and Gamification: A Systematic Review Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity and social connectedness interventions in outdoor spaces among children and youth: a rapid review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2020Review
- "Playing with Little Behaviors"; Physical Activity Promotion by Gamified Education in Young Boys.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- A Pilot Intervention Using Gamification to Enhance Student Participation in Classroom Activity Breaks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Impact of an Australian state-wide active travel campaign targeting primary schools.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Beat the Street aims to get children more active by encouraging them to walk and cycle in their neighbourhood using tracking technology with a reward scheme. This pilot study evaluates the impact of Beat the Street on active travel to school in Norwich, UK. Eighty children 8-10 yrs were recruited via an intervention and control school. They wore an accelerometer for 7 days at baseline, mid-intervention and post-intervention (+20 weeks), and completed a travel diary. Physical activity overall was not higher at follow-up amongst intervention children compared to controls. However, there was a positive association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during school commute times and the number of days on which children touched a Beat the Street sensor. This equated to 3.46min extra daily MVPA during commute times for children who touched a sensor on 14.5 days (the mean number of days), compared to those who did not engage. We also found weekly active travel increased at the intervention school (+10.0% per child) while it decreased at the control (-7.0%), p=0.056. Further work is needed to understand how improved engagement with the intervention might impact outcomes.
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