Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community.
Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community.
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2458-9-122
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发表时间：
2009-05-04
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Johnston BD
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作者：
Mendoza JA;Levinger DD;Johnston BD
To evaluate the impact of a walking school bus (WSB) program on student transport in a low-income, urban neighborhood. The design was a controlled, quasi-experimental trial with consecutive cross-sectional assessments. The setting was three urban, socioeconomically disadvantaged, public elementary schools (1 intervention vs. 2 controls) in Seattle, Washington, USA. Participants were ethnically diverse students in kindergarten-5th grade (aged 5–11 years). The intervention was a WSB program consisting of a part-time WSB coordinator and parent volunteers. Students' method of transportation to school was assessed by a classroom survey at baseline and one-year follow-up. The Pearson Chi-squared test compared students transported to school at the intervention versus control schools at each time point. Due to multiple testing, we calculated adjusted p-values using the Ryan-Holm stepdown Bonferroni procedure. McNemar's test was used to examine the change from baseline to 12-month follow-up for walking versus all other forms of school transport at the intervention or control schools. At baseline, the proportions of students (n = 653) walking to the intervention (20% +/- 2%) or control schools (15% +/- 2%) did not differ (p = 0.39). At 12-month follow up, higher proportions of students (n = 643, p = 0.001)) walked to the intervention (25% +/- 2%) versus the control schools (7% +/- 1%). No significant changes were noted in the proportion of students riding in a car or taking the school bus at baseline or 12-month follow up (all p > 0.05). Comparing baseline to 12-month follow up, the numbers of students who walked to the intervention school increased while the numbers of students who used the other forms of transport did not change (p < 0.0001). In contrast, the numbers of students who walked to the control schools decreased while the numbers of students who used the other forms of transport did not change (p < 0.0001). A WSB program is a promising intervention among urban, low-income elementary school students that may promote favorable changes toward active transport to school. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00402701
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DOI：
10.1249/01.mss.0000179102.17183.6b
发表时间：
2005-12-01
期刊：
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
影响因子：
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作者：
Sirard, JR;Riner, WF;Pate, RR
通讯作者：
Pate, RR
影响因子：
5.5
作者：
Cooper, AR;Page, AS;Qahwaji, D
通讯作者：
Qahwaji, D
影响因子：
5.5
作者：
McDonald, Noreen C.
通讯作者：
McDonald, Noreen C.
影响因子：
1.9
作者：
Heelan, KA;Donnelly, JE;Greene, L
通讯作者：
Greene, L
影响因子：
12.7
作者：
Staunton, CE;Hubsmith, D;Kallins, W
通讯作者：
Kallins, W