Reliability and validity of the Safe Routes to school parent and student surveys

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McDonald, Noreen C ^a   Dwelley, Amanda E ^a   Combs, Tabitha S ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Winters, Richard H ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Mecklenburg County Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAVEL; VALIDITY; WALKING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 79958072243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-56     Document Type: Article

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