Citation

Ahlport KN, Linnan L, Vaughn A, Evenson KR, Ward DS. Health Educ. Behav. 2008; 35(2): 221-244.

Affiliation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1090198106288794

PMID

18094097

Abstract

Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school were explored through 12 focus groups made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents who lived near their respective schools. The barriers and facilitators reported by parents and children generally fell into one of three categories: intrapersonal and interpersonal characteristics of parents and children, environmental characteristics of the neighborhood, and environmental and policy characteristics of the school. Findings indicate that a supportive environment is a necessary but insufficient condition to increase walking and biking to school. Initiatives to increase active school travel may need to include multiple levels of intervention to be effective.

Language: en