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Individual, Social and Environmental Correlates of Active School Travel among Adolescents in India

Active School Travel (AST) is an important domain for physical activity among adolescents; however, few studies in India have explored barriers or correlates of AST. This was a cross-sectional study of 324 adolescents aged 12–17 years recruited via households and schools from diverse areas of Chenna...

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Autores principales: Kingsly, Abishamala, Timperio, Anna, Veitch, Jenny, Salmon, Jo, Pradeepa, Rajendra, Ranjani, Harish, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33076299
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207496
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author Kingsly, Abishamala
Timperio, Anna
Veitch, Jenny
Salmon, Jo
Pradeepa, Rajendra
Ranjani, Harish
Anjana, Ranjit Mohan
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description Active School Travel (AST) is an important domain for physical activity among adolescents; however, few studies in India have explored barriers or correlates of AST. This was a cross-sectional study of 324 adolescents aged 12–17 years recruited via households and schools from diverse areas of Chennai, India. Adolescents reported their mode of travel to school, neighbourhood correlates, and the barriers for AST. Adolescents were considered to be using AST to/from school if they walked/cycled ≥once/week during an average week. Half the adolescents usually performed AST (≥1 trip/week). School being too far was associated with 75% lower odds and parents not allowing their child to walk or cycle was associated with 82% lower odds of the adolescent performing AST to or from school at least once/week. AST among adolescents should be encouraged and there is considerable scope for improvement. Parental restriction and distance to school were the two strongest barriers for AST.
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spelling pubmed-76024392020-11-01 Individual, Social and Environmental Correlates of Active School Travel among Adolescents in India Kingsly, Abishamala Timperio, Anna Veitch, Jenny Salmon, Jo Pradeepa, Rajendra Ranjani, Harish Anjana, Ranjit Mohan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Active School Travel (AST) is an important domain for physical activity among adolescents; however, few studies in India have explored barriers or correlates of AST. This was a cross-sectional study of 324 adolescents aged 12–17 years recruited via households and schools from diverse areas of Chennai, India. Adolescents reported their mode of travel to school, neighbourhood correlates, and the barriers for AST. Adolescents were considered to be using AST to/from school if they walked/cycled ≥once/week during an average week. Half the adolescents usually performed AST (≥1 trip/week). School being too far was associated with 75% lower odds and parents not allowing their child to walk or cycle was associated with 82% lower odds of the adolescent performing AST to or from school at least once/week. AST among adolescents should be encouraged and there is considerable scope for improvement. Parental restriction and distance to school were the two strongest barriers for AST. MDPI 2020-10-15 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7602439/ /pubmed/33076299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207496 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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