Individual, parental and built environmental features as influencing factors of active travel to school in northeast China: findings from a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e047816
• Main Authors: Wang, Yinuo, Liu, Yang, Song, Shenzhi, Gittelsohn, Joel, Ouellette, Miranda, Ma, Yanan, Wen, Deliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 24.01.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Aged; Body composition; Body mass index; Built environment; Child; Childrens health; community child health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developed countries; Education; Environment Design; epidemiology; Geographic information systems; Households; Humans; Land use; Male; Metabolism; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Parents; Parents & parenting; Perceptions; Public Health; Public transportation; Questionnaires; Residence Characteristics; Schools; Self image; Students; Teenagers; Transportation; Urban environments; Walking; China; epidemiology; public health; community child health

ObjectivesActive travel to school (ATS)-associated factors had been studied in some developed countries but rarely in China. We studied the associated factors of ATS at individual, parental and built environment domains in northeast China.Design and participantsA cross-sectional survey was conducted...