Parental barriers to active commuting to school in children: does parental gender matter?

The main objectives of this study were: to compare the barriers to active commuting to and from school (ACS) between children and their parents separately for children and adolescents; and to analyze the association between ACS and the children’s and parents’ barriers. A total of 401 child–parent pairs, from Granada, Jaén, Toledo and Valencia, self-reported, separately, their mode of commuting to school and work, respectively, and the children’s barriers to ACS. T-tests and chi-square tests were used to analyze the differences by age for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Binary logistic regressions were performed to study the association between ACS barriers of children and parents and ACS. Both children and adolescents perceived higher physical and motivational barriers and social support barriers towards ACS than their parents (all p < 0.05). Additionally, the parents perceived higher distance, traffic safety, convenience, built environment, crime-related safety and weather as barriers towards ACS, than their children (all p < 0.05). Moreover, a higher perception of barriers was related to lower ACS. The results of our study showed the necessity of attenuating the perceptions of children and their parents in order to increase ACS. This is relevant to develop interventions in the specific contexts of each barrier and involving both populations.

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Perceived parental barriers towards active commuting to school in Chilean children and adolescents of Valparaíso

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation ◽

10.1080/15568318.2019.1578840 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 525-532 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ximena Palma ◽

Palma Chillón ◽

Fernando Rodríguez-Rodríguez ◽

Yaira Barranco-Ruiz ◽

Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Active Commuting ◽

Active Commuting To School ◽

Parental Barriers

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Parental Barriers And Active Commuting To School

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ◽

10.1249/01.mss.0000519426.11437.fd ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (5S) ◽

pp. 893

Author(s):

Palma Chillon ◽

Emilio Villa-González ◽

Manuel Herrador-Colmenero ◽

Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado

Keyword(s):

Active Commuting ◽

Active Commuting To School ◽

Parental Barriers

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Active commuting to school among 36,781 Spanish children and adolescents: A temporal trend study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ◽

10.1111/sms.13917 ◽

2021 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patricia Gálvez‐Fernández ◽

Manuel Herrador‐Colmenero ◽

Irene Esteban‐Cornejo ◽

José Castro‐Piñero ◽

Javier Molina‐García ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Temporal Trend ◽

Active Commuting ◽

Trend Study ◽

Active Commuting To School

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Associations between active commuting to school, fat mass and lifestyle factors in adolescents: the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS)

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ◽

10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602781 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 62 (6) ◽

pp. 739-747 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

B Landsberg ◽

S Plachta-Danielzik ◽

D Much ◽

M Johannsen ◽

D Lange ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Obesity Prevention ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Lifestyle Factors ◽

Active Commuting ◽

Prevention Study ◽

Active Commuting To School

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Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of active commuting to school in a nationwide representative sample of German adolescents

Preventive Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 64-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Anne K. Reimers ◽

Darko Jekauc ◽

Eliane Peterhans ◽

Matthias O. Wagner ◽

Alexander Woll

Keyword(s):

Representative Sample ◽

Active Commuting ◽

Active Commuting To School ◽

Demographic Correlates

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Active Commuting to School Among 36, 781 Spanish Children and Adolescents: A Temporal Trend Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-46091/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Patricia Gálvez-Fernández ◽

Manuel Herrador-Colmenero ◽

Irene Esteban-Cornejo ◽

José Castro-Piñero ◽

Javier Molina-García ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

Active Commuting ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Active Commuting To School ◽

Time Period ◽

Health Practitioners ◽

Public Health Practitioners

Abstract Background Active commuting to school (ACS) is an important source to increase the total daily physical activity in youth and improve their health. How the ACS rates change along the time is of interest. The objective of this study was to examine trends in the rates of ACS in a large sample of Spanish children and adolescents aged 6–18 years from 2010 to 2017. The study period included the economic crisis in Spain (2008 to 2013) and secondary analysis was conducted to compare ACS rates during and after the economic crisis. Methods To investigate trends in ACS among Spanish children and adolescents, data were obtained from 28 studies conducted across Spain. The study sample comprised 18,343 children (6 to 11.9 years old; 50.5% girls) and 18,438 adolescents (12 to 18 years old; 49.5% girls). The overall trends in ACS were evaluated using multilevel logistic regression analysis. Results The rates of ACS in Spanish children and adolescents did not change significantly during the 2010–2017 period, except a sporadic increase in the rate of ACS in adolescents in 2012–2013. No significant association between the ACS and the economic crisis time period in either children or adolescents were found. These findings are in contrast to recently reported declines in ACS rates in other countries. Conclusions Strong partnerships between researchers, public health practitioners, policy-makers and communities, as well as long-term commitment and evaluations of interventions aiming to increase ACS are necessary to ensure positive results in the long term.

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