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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Active School Travel"”.
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School Travel Planning in Canada: A Holistic Examination of Program Impact on Active School Travel
School Travel Planning (STP) is an intervention designed to increase Active School Travel (AST) among elementary school children (i.e., age 6-14 years). With limited evidence on program effectiveness, the purpose of this dissertation was i) to determine if STP can increases AST levels in Canadian …
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A wait-list controlled evaluation of the Qhubeka bicycle on an adolescent's physiology, executive function, and school performance
Learner mobility and active school travel (AST) has been proposed to improve school attendance and academic performance. In South Africa, approximately 86% of learners have been reported as walking to and from school. AST in Africa is becoming less common in urban areas, and this may be a …
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School Travel for Families Living with Childhood Disability
… issues has led to an increase in attention to school transportation among planning scholars and practitioners. School transportation has come to be regarded as an opportunity for creating change since converting sedentary trips to and from school into trips involving active modes could help to …
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On Shape and Being Shaped - Rethinking the Urban Built Environment as a Catalyst of Childhood Inactivity and Obesity
… This effect, however, was not direct, as out-of-school activity emerged as the crucial pivot mediating the built environmental-body composition relation. Through numbers and narratives, the myriad ways in which the environment, activity and body shape interacted were unveiled. First, I …
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An Investigation into Children’s Out-of-School Physical Activity
… approach to explore children’s out-of-school physical activity (PA). Study 1 found that children living in the most deprived neighbourhoods represent an important target group for future PA and health interventions. Further, the study also revealed that self-reported PA was positively …