@article{cad4df3185244ac7887d9954dd063ea7,
title = "What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods?",
abstract = "This study examined two year changes in children's active transport and independent mobility and prospective associations between individual, social and physical environmental predictors of interest and these behaviors two years later. Overall, 43.5% of children (12.0±2.1 years) used active transport on the school journey at T1 and at T2 (p=0.77), and 35.3% engaged in independent mobility on the school journey at T1 and 29.6% at T2 (p=0.07). Enjoyment, parental safety concerns, and proximity to walking tracks were associated with independent mobility on the school journey. Road safety and social norms were associated with active transport and independent mobility to local destinations. These factors provide potential targets for interventions.",
keywords = "Active transport, Adolescent, Child, Disadvantage, Independent mobility, Longitudinal study, Neighborhood, Walking to school",
author = "J. Veitch and A. Carver and J. Salmon and G. Abbott and K. Ball and D. Crawford and V. Cleland and A. Timperio",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by a Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council (LP0990183), in partnership with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Australia; and by a National Health and Medical Research Council Strategic Award, (NHMRC, ID 374241). We gratefully acknowledge Dr Clare Hume, Dr Michelle Jackson, Rebecca Roberts, Anne Griffiths, Winsfred Ngan and the team of research assistants who gathered the data, as well as all the school and families who participated in our study. JV is supported by an Early Career Research Fellowship from the NHMRC (ID 1053426). AT is supported by a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (Award ID 100046); KB (APP1042442) and JS (APP1026216) are supported by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowships, VC is supported by a National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellowship (ID100444) and was supported by a Public Health Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship from the NHMRC (ID 533917). The contents of this manuscript are the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the views of the funding bodies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.02.003",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "103--109",
journal = "Health & Place",
issn = "1353-8292",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}