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Author : Laura Stasiuk
Release : 2000
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Book Synopsis Interventions that Influence Active Transportation to and from School Among School-Aged Children by : Laura Stasiuk
Download or read book Interventions that Influence Active Transportation to and from School Among School-Aged Children written by Laura Stasiuk. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2013
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Book Synopsis Interventions that Influence Active Transportation to and from School Among School-aged Children by :
Download or read book Interventions that Influence Active Transportation to and from School Among School-aged Children written by . This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses interventions that impact means of transportation to and from school and promote active transportation to and from school: walking school bus, safe routes to school, cycling programs, walk to school day, walk to school week, school travel advisors and classroom programs.
Author : Richard Larouche
Release : 2018-06-15
Genre : Transportation
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Book Rating : 322/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Children’s Active Transportation by : Richard Larouche
Download or read book Children’s Active Transportation written by Richard Larouche. This book was released on 2018-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s Active Transportation is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the current research and interventions on active transportation for children and youth. As the travel behaviors of these groups tend to be highly routinized, and their mobility faces unique constraints, such as parental restrictions, mandatory school attendance, and the inability to drive a motor vehicle before late adolescence, this book examines the key factors that influence travel behavior among children and youth, providing key insights into lessons learned from current interventions. Readers will find a resource that clearly demonstrates how critical it is for children to develop strong, active transportation habits that carry into adulthood. Discusses the correlates that exist between children’s active transportation using a social and ecological model Summarizes active transportation interventions that show what works to increase non-motorized modes of travel in children Describes the factors that influence the implementation and effectiveness of interventions
Author : Patricia Ann Wright
Release : 2019
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Book Synopsis Safe Routes to School Youth Voices by : Patricia Ann Wright
Download or read book Safe Routes to School Youth Voices written by Patricia Ann Wright. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many communities are promoting physical activity and active transportation as ways to combat childhood obesity and change sedentary lifestyles of school-age children. Safe Routes to School Youth Voices is a mixed methods approach to understanding the experiences and perceptions of middle school students surrounding the use of active transportation. Student experiences are explored both independently and in comparison to parental perspectives of barriers to actives transportation. Data were collected in the form of parent surveys, observations, student interviews, and student focus groups. This study aims to answer the following primary research questions: (1) What are the conditions experienced along the route? (2) What are the students' perceptions of barriers to active transportation? (3) What are the compensation practices that students take to overcome barriers? and (4) How do the students' perceptions compare with their parents? Interviews and focus groups were transcribed and coded using in-vivo, descriptive, structural and pattern methods. Primary themes which emerged include how conditions of walking to school, personal safety, compensation practices, and systematic barriers all affect the perceptions of active transportation of the student. Findings highlight the difficulties many students face when considering active transportation, and discuss the inconsistencies between student experience, parental perceptions, and intervention goals.
Author : Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment
Release : 2013-11-13
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 140/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Educating the Student Body by : Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment
Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment. This book was released on 2013-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
