Barriers and determinants of active commuting to school in Slovenia

Jurak, Gregor (avtor), Sorić, Maroje (avtor), Ocvirk, Tjaša (avtor), Potočnik, Žan Luca (avtor), Meh, Kaja (avtor), Đurić, Saša (avtor), Sember, Vedrana (avtor), Starc, Gregor (avtor)

There is a growing body of literature reporting the health benefits of active commuting to school. This study investigated barriers and determinants of active commuting in children in Slovenia living within walking or cycling distance to school, i.e., 3 km. The sample consisted of 339 children (163 girls) aged 11–14 years who reported their mode of commuting, as well as their parents who described the socioeconomic environment of the family. Every third child in this study traveled to school exclusively by car/public transport, while every fifth participant used a passive means of transport when returning home from school. Potential household poverty, education of the mother and parental encouragement for physical activity were not associated with the commuting mode. In addition, conformist family barriers dominated among reasons for not choosing active commuting. A distance to school that was perceived to be too long was the most frequently cited barrier (72% of participants who passively commuted in both directions), followed by concern about being late for school (38% of participants who passively commute in one direction). Parents from all social strata who drive their children to school in either one or both directions while living in a walking or cycling range are a promising target population for active commuting interventions.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: passive commuting, active commuting, traveling, driving, reasons, correlates, school, children
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FŠ - Fakulteta za šport
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 11 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 13, iss. 24, art. 13808
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136565
• UDK: 796.01-053.2
• ISSN pri članku: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su132413808
• COBISS.SI-ID: 94700547
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.05.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Sustainability
• Skrajšan naslov: Sustainability
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 14.12.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: pasivna vožnja v šolo, aktivna vožnja v šolo, potovanje, razlogi, prihod v šolo, šola, otroci

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0142
• Naslov: Bio-psiho-socialni konteksti kineziologije