@article{ref1,
title="School Principals’ Perceptions of Students Walking and Bicycling to School",
journal="Californian journal of health promotion",
year="2007",
author="King, Keith A. and Sparks, JonDavid and Rojas-Guyler, L",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="51-61",
abstract="Background. The purpose was to identify presence of restrictive policies, frequency of active commuting to school, beliefs of childhood health and perceived enabling and restrictive factors with regard to students walking/bicycling to school as observed by elementary and middle school principals. Methods. The study used a non-experimental quantitative survey research method. The census consisted of all public and private, elementary and middle schools in three counties in a Midwestern region (n=96). Results. A total of 71 principals completed the survey (74% response rate). Analyses indicated that the actual number of students walking/bicycling to school did not significantly differ between schools with a restrictive policy and schools with no restrictive policy. Overall, the actual number of students walking/bicycling to school was largely underestimated by principals. In addition, principals at schools with higher walking/bicycling rates were significantly more likely to report that students should consider walking/bicycling if residing within one mile, had significantly more enabling environments, and had significantly less restrictive environments.",
language="",
issn="1545-8717",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}