ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Children's Independent Mobility: Current Knowledge, Future Directions, and Public Health Implications.
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- Correlations between Physical Activity Participation and the Environment in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using Ecological Frameworks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Unveiling the magic of mega-city block environments: investigating the intriguing mechanisms shaping children's spontaneous play preferences.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Children's right to the city and their independent mobility: why it matters for public health.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2023Article
- Implications of time and space factors related with youth substance use prevention: a conceptual review and case study of the Icelandic Prevention Model being implemented in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Review
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- Association of Walking and Biking to School Policies and Active Commuting to School in Children.Journal of physical activity & health · 2023Article
- Higher independent mobility to school among adolescents: A secondary analysis using cross-sectional data between 2010 and 2017 in Spanish youth.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2023Article
- Parental perspectives on the decision-making process on transport mode choice in adolescents: a qualitative study with mothers and fathers.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Children's independent mobility during dark hours: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Effect COVID Has Had on the Wants and Needs of Children in Terms of Play: Text Mining the Qualitative Response of the Happen Primary School Survey with 20,000 Children in Wales, UK between 2016 and 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Relationship between parents' and children's objectively assessed movement behaviours prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
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Abstract
Environmental changes significantly impact health behavior. Active travel behavior is mostly affected by increasing motorization, urban sprawl, and traffic safety. Especially for children, active and independent travel can contribute to physical activity, social and motor development, and other health-related outcomes. A reduced number of children engaging in independent mobility over the last 20 years demanded researchers to further examine the construct of children's independent mobility. By examining relevant literature, this narrative review aims to provide the current state of knowledge on children's independent mobility, and identify future directions in research, as well as practical implications. From a public health perspective, considering children's independent mobility in intervention programs is recommended, since it is associated with numerous health and environmental benefits. To develop interventions, multilevel socio-ecological influences on children's independent mobility are widely examined; however, evidence is limited due to heterogeneous measurements and a lack of high-quality prospective studies. To oppose the decline in children's independent mobility, further analysis using comparable measures is needed to understand the determinants of children's independent mobility and to enable international comparison.
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