School travel planning: Mobilizing school and community resources to encourage active school transportation

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 704-712

  Buliung, Ron ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^a   Beesley, Theresa ^b   Kennedy, Jacky ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Norman Bethune College ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Environmental health; Evaluation; Program planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 80053478448     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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