Reliability and Validity of the Hands-Up Survey in Assessing Commuting to School in New Zealand Elementary School Children

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-354

  de Wit, Babet ^a   Loman, Karen ^a   Faithfull, Kara ^b   Hinckson, Erica A ^b  

^a HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

active commuting; active transport; elementary; Hands Up survey; reliability; school travel plan; validity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84864743671     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839911432932     Document Type: Article

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