Exploring walking path quality as a factor for urban elementary school children's active transport to school.
Exploring walking path quality as a factor for urban elementary school children's active transport to school.
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探索步行路径质量作为城市小学生主动交通上学的一个因素。
DOI：
10.1123/jpah.10.3.323
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Pollack,KeshiaM
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作者：
Curriero,FrankC;James,NathanT;Shields,TimothyM;GouvisRoman,Caterina;Furr-Holden,CDebraM;Cooley-Strickland,Michele;Pollack,KeshiaM
BackgroundPath质量还没有得到很好的研究，作为一个相关的积极运输到学校。我们假设，对于居住在城市的儿童，家和学校之间的环境至少与他们的家和/或学校周围的环境一样重要，当探索步行到学校的行为时，MethodsTools从空间统计和地理信息系统（GIS）应用于街道街区的评估，以创建基于物理和社会障碍的步行路径质量测量（称为“不文明”）。路径质量包括在一个多变量回归分析步行上学的状态为样本的362 children.ResultsThe赔率步行上学的路径质量为0. 88（95% CI：0. 72 - 1. 07），这虽然没有统计学意义是在支持我们的假设的方向。步行上学的几率为家庭街道街区的不文明行为表明反直观的效果（OR = 1.10，95%CI：1.08 - 1.19）。ConclusionsResults表明，城市儿童生活在社区的特点是较高的不文明行为更有可能步行上学，潜在地将他们置于不利的健康后果的风险，因为暴露于高不文明区域沿着他们的路线。研究结果还支持包括路径质量的重要性，探索环境对步行上学行为的影响。
BackgroundPath quality has not been well studied as a correlate of active transport to school. We hypothesize that for urban-dwelling children the environment between home and school is at least as important as the environment immediately surrounding their homes and/or schools when exploring walking to school behavior.MethodsTools from spatial statistics and geographic information systems (GIS) were applied to an assessment of street blocks to create a walking path quality measure based on physical and social disorder (termed “incivilities”) for each child. Path quality was included in a multivariate regression analysis of walking to school status for a sample of 362 children.ResultsThe odds of walking to school for path quality was 0.88 (95% CI: 0.72−1.07), which although not statistically significant is in the direction supporting our hypothesis. The odds of walking to school for home street block incivility suggests the counter intuitive effect (OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.08−1.19).ConclusionsResults suggest that urban children living in communities characterized by higher incivilities are more likely to walk to school, potentially placing them at risk for adverse health outcomes because of exposure to high incivility areas along their route. Results also support the importance of including path quality when exploring the influence of the environment on walking to school behavior.