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  • Title: Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school: formative results from the non-motorized travel study.
    Author: Ahlport KN, Linnan L, Vaughn A, Evenson KR, Ward DS.
    Journal: Health Educ Behav; 2008 Apr; 35(2):221-44. PubMed ID: 18094097.
    Abstract:
    Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school were explored through 12 focus groups made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents who lived near their respective schools. The barriers and facilitators reported by parents and children generally fell into one of three categories: intrapersonal and interpersonal characteristics of parents and children, environmental characteristics of the neighborhood, and environmental and policy characteristics of the school. Findings indicate that a supportive environment is a necessary but insufficient condition to increase walking and biking to school. Initiatives to increase active school travel may need to include multiple levels of intervention to be effective.
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