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Direct linkRoss, Allison; Kurka, Jonathan M. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Active transportation to school (ATS) is a component of a whole school approach to health promotion among youth. Methods: Individual- and school-level predictors of ATS were examined using data from parent surveys (N = 11,100) of students in grades 3-8 attending 112 schools in Arizona (United States) administering Safe Routes to School…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Safety, Proximity, Income
Yang, Yong; Ivey, Stephanie S.; Levy, Marian C.; Royne, Marla B.; Klesges, Lisa M. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Whereas children's active travel to school (ATS) has confirmed benefits, only a few large national surveys of ATS exist. Methods: Using data from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2009-2010 US survey, we conducted a logistic regression model to estimate the odds ratios of ATS and a linear regression model to estimate…
Descriptors: Travel, Physical Activity Level, Surveys, Regression (Statistics)
Parker, Elizabeth M.; Johnson, Sarah Lindstrom; Debnam, Katrina J.; Milam, Adam J.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Much etiologic research has focused on individual-level risk factors for teen dating violence (TDV); therefore, less is known about school-level and neighborhood-level risk factors. We examined the association between alcohol outlet density around high schools and TDV victimization and the association between markers of physical…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Violence, Correlation, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Sweeney, Shannon M.; Von Hagen, Leigh Ann – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Active travel to school has been on the decline, despite its beneficial influence on children's current and future well-being. Adults' safety perceptions have been shown to influence children's active travel. Children's perceptions, particularly of safety, may be an important link not only to their present health and travel behaviors,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Educational Environment
Ramanathan, Subha; O'Brien, Catherine; Faulkner, Guy; Stone, Michelle – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: A pan-Canadian School Travel Planning intervention promoted active school travel (AST). A novel component was exploring emotion, well-being, and travel mode framed by the concept of "sustainable happiness." Relationships between travel mode and emotions, parent perceptions of their child's travel mode on well-being, and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Experience, Travel
Rodriguez, Ariel; Vogt, Christine A. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Walking to school has been identified as an activity that contributes to children's daily exercise requirements. The purpose of this study was to better understand factors that influence walking to school by elementary school-aged children. Methods: A sample of 1,897 elementary school-aged children (84% response rate; 3rd-5th graders)…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Elementary School Students, Influences, Student Attitudes
