Increasing active travel to school: Are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney, Australia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 612-618

  Wen, Li Ming ^a   Fry, Denise ^a   Merom, Dafna ^b   Rissel, Chris ^a   Dirkis, Helen ^a   Balafas, Angela ^a  

^a Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active travel; Evaluation; Health promotion; Walk to school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; WALKING;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 57049165404     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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