A systematic review of interventions for promoting active transportation to school

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Review

Amber Vaughn¹  Dianne S Ward²  Kelly R Evenson³  Palma Chillón⁴ 

[1] Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Granada, Spain;Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;

关键词: Physical Activity;    Community Involvement;    Active Transportation;    Active Travel;    School Intervention;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-8-10

 received in 2010-10-05, accepted in 2011-02-14,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundActive transportation to school is an important contributor to the total physical activity of children and adolescents. However, active school travel has declined over time, and interventions are needed to reverse this trend. The purpose of this paper is to review intervention studies related to active school transportation to guide future intervention research.MethodsA systematic review was conducted to identify intervention studies of active transportation to school published in the scientific literature through January 2010. Five electronic databases and a manual search were conducted. Detailed information was extracted, including a quantitative assessment comparing the effect sizes, and a qualitative assessment using an established evaluation tool.ResultsWe identified 14 interventions that focused on active transportation to school. These interventions mainly focused on primary school children in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Almost all the interventions used quasi-experimental designs (10/14), and most of the interventions reported a small effect size on active transportation (6/14).ConclusionMore research with higher quality study designs and measures should be conducted to further evaluate interventions and to determine the most successful strategies for increasing active transportation to school.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Chillón P et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011