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January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Walking or biking to school provides opportunities for children to increase physical activity. However, rates of active travel to school have decreased while rates of car-to-school travel have increased. This article explores the relationship between state laws and active travel to school policies.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program provided $612 million to implement programs encouraging healthy opportunities to travel to school. This article examines the implementation of the program among states.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the impact of walking school buses (WSB) on pedestrian safety behaviors (PSB). Using a randomized controlled trial, this pilot study tested the feasibility of a research protocol measuring children's pedestrian safety behaviors.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
School environments play an important role ensuring children have access to and participate in physical activity. Using regression analysis, this article examines school sport policies and school environments and their impact on children's physical activity.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Outdoor exercise equipment gets people exercising but not necessarily on a sustained basis.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The positive relationship between greenness and physical activity supports integrating green spaces into community planning to promote health.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Some characteristics of the built environment encourage moderate levels of physical activity among girls.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Interventions to increase physical activity must address neighborhood factors related to traffic safety.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In a small study of the safety perceptions of inner-city Hispanic mothers and their children, mothers consistently rated their neighborhoods as less safe than their children and these maternal perceptions somewhat predicted the physical activity level of their children.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Compared to children living in traditional suburbia, children who had recently moved to a smart growth community spent more of their play time outside with friends in walkable locations, but did not increase their total activity, according to this study.