SynthesisBMC public health2017
Promoting active travel to school: a systematic review (2010-2016).
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Socio-Cognitive Review of Healthy Eating Programs in Australian Indigenous Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- What Are the Physical Demands of Sexual Intercourse? A Systematic Review of the Literature.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions to increase breakfast consumption: a socio-cognitive perspective.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- The evidence for the impact of policy on physical activity outcomes within the school setting: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Pooled it
- Social marketing interventions to promote physical activity among 60 years and older: a systematic review of the literature.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of parent based programs to prevent or reduce alcohol consumption in adolescents.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- A School-Based Randomized Controlled Trial to Promote Cycling to School in Adolescents: The PACO Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of the School-Based Sustainable Innovation for Children Transporting Actively Intervention: Protocol for an Age-Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and equity impacts of traffic restriction schemes outside schools: a controlled natural experimental study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- ENERGY expenditure of COmmuting to school (ENERGYCO): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Children's active school transportation: an international scoping review of psychosocial factors.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Modifying urban planning to promote child health: A scoping review of reviews.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Review
- Active Commuting to School among Spanish Preschool Children: A Temporal Change Study between 2013 and 2017.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Active School Commuting in School Children: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Future Research Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Association of Walking and Biking to School Policies and Active Commuting to School in Children.Journal of physical activity & health · 2023Article
- Validating the Perceived Active School Travel Enablers and Barriers-Parent (PASTEB-P) Questionnaire to Support Intervention Programming and Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Gender-specific social and environmental correlates of active travel to school in four European countries: the HBSC Study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Inland Waterways and Population Health and Wellbeing: A Cross-Sectional Study of Waterway Users in the UK.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Children's Access to Non-School Destinations by Active or Independent Travel: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInterventions aiming to promote active school travel (AST) are being implemented globally to reverse AST decline. This systematic literature provides an update of AST interventions assessing study quality and theory use to examine progress in the field.
methodsA systematic review was conducted to identify and analyse AST interventions published between 2010 and 2016. Seven databases were searched and exclusion criteria were applied to identify 18 AST interventions. Interventions were assessed using the Active Living by Design (ALBD) Community Action (5P) Model and the Evaluation of Public Health Practice Projects (EPHPP). Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of each intervention and their outcomes and extent of theory use were examined.
resultsSeven out of 18 studies reported theory use. The analysis of the interventions using the ALBD Community Action Model showed that Preparation and Promotion were used much more frequently than Policy and Physical projects. The methodological quality 14 out of 18 included interventions were assessed as weak according to the EPHPP framework.
conclusionNoted improvements were an increase in use of objective measures. Lack of theory, weak methodological design and a lack of reliable and valid measurement were observed. Given that change is evident when theory is used and when policy changes are included extended use of the ALBD model and socio-ecological frameworks are recommended in future.
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