Critical Environmental Factors for Transportation Cycling in Children: A Qualitative Study Using Bike-Along Interviews
Critical Environmental Factors for Transportation Cycling in Children: A Qualitative Study Using Bike-Along Interviews
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0106696
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发表时间：
2014-09-24
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3.7
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Deforche, Benedicte
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作者：
Ghekiere, Ariane;Van Cauwenberg, Jelle;Deforche, Benedicte
背景：环境因素被发现会影响与交通相关的身体活动，但很少研究与 10-12 岁儿童骑自行车前往各个目的地的关系。当前的定性研究采用了对儿童和家长的“自行车访谈”，以便讨论可能影响儿童在参与者附近骑自行车出行的详细环境因素。方法：采用有目的的便利抽样方法，招募了 35 名居住在（半）城市地区的儿童及其一名父母。自行车采访是在参与者所在社区的 15 分钟自行车行程内随机选择的目的地（例如图书馆）进行的。参与者佩戴 GoPro 相机来客观评估环境因素，随后与参与者进行讨论。使用扎根理论方法得出内容分析和出现的主题。结果：所讨论的环境因素分为交通、城市设计、自行车设施、道路设计、目的地设施、美学、地形、天气、社会控制、陌生人危险和熟悉环境。在这些类别中，许多环境因素与道路安全直接相关。通过对儿童的能见度、对特定交通状况的熟悉程度以及自行车设施的间隔程度、宽度和易读性的详细讨论来说明这一点。结论：道路安全是该 10-12 岁研究人群的主要关注点。自行车访谈能够识别新的、详细的、针对具体情况的物理环境因素，这些因素可以为政策制定者提供信息，以促进儿童骑自行车作为交通方式。然而，未来的研究应该调查这些微环境特征的假设变化是否会影响安全认知，以及这是否会导致儿童骑自行车交通的变化。
Background: Environmental factors are found to influence transport-related physical activity, but have rarely been studied in relation with cycling for transport to various destinations in 10-12 yr old children. The current qualitative study used 'bike-along interviews' with children and parents to allow discussion of detailed environmental factors that may influence children's cycling for transport, while cycling in the participant's neighborhood.Methods: Purposeful convenience sampling was used to recruit 35 children and one of their parents residing in (semi-) urban areas. Bike-along interviews were conducted to and from a randomly chosen destination (e. g. library) within a 15 minutes' cycle trip in the participant's neighborhood. Participants wore a GoPro camera to objectively assess environmental elements, which were subsequently discussed with participants. Content analysis and arising themes were derived using a grounded theory approach.Results: The discussed environmental factors were categorized under traffic, urban design, cycling facilities, road design, facilities at destination, aesthetics, topography, weather, social control, stranger danger and familiar environment. Across these categories many environmental factors were (in) directly linked to road safety. This was illustrated by detailed discussions of the children's visibility, familiarity with specific traffic situations, and degree of separation, width and legibility of cycle facilities.Conclusion: Road safety is of major concern in this 10-12 yr old study population. Bike-along interviews were able to identify new, detailed and context-specific physical environmental factors which could inform policy makers to promote children's cycling for transport. However, future studies should investigate whether hypothetical changes to such micro environmental features influence perceptions of safety and if this in turn could lead to changes in children's cycling for transport.