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| Title |
International inter-school competition to encourage children to walk to school: a mixed methods feasibility study
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-014-0959-x |
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| Authors |
Ruth F Hunter, Debra de Silva, Veronica Reynolds, William Bird, Kenneth R Fox |
| Abstract |
BackgroundActive travel to school can be an important contributor to the total physical activity of children but levels have declined and more novel approaches are required to stimulate this as an habitual behaviour. The aim of this mixed methods study was to investigate the feasibility of an international walk to school competition supported by novel swipecard technology to increase children¿s walking to/from school.MethodsChildren aged 9¿13 years old participated in an international walk to school competition to win points for themselves, their school and their country over a 4-week period. Walks to and from school were recorded using swipecard technology and a bespoke website. For each point earned by participants, 1 pence (£0.01) was donated to the charity of the school¿s choice. The primary outcome was number of walks to/from school objectively recorded using the swipecard tracking system over the intervention period. Other measures included attitudes towards walking collected at baseline and week 4 (post-intervention). A qualitative sub-study involving focus groups with children, parents and teachers provided further insight.ResultsA total of 3817 children (mean age 11.5¿±¿SD 0.7) from 12 schools in three cities (London and Reading, England and Vancouver, Canada) took part in the intervention, representing a 95% intervention participation rate. Results show a gradual decline in the average number of children walking to and from school over the 4-week period (week 1 mean 29%¿±¿SD2.5; week 2 mean 18%¿±¿SD3.6; week 3 mean 14%¿±¿SD4.0; week 4 mean 12%¿±¿SD1.1). Post intervention, 97% of children felt that walking to school helped them stay healthy, feel happy (81%) and stay alert in class (76%). These results are supported by qualitative findings from children, parents and teachers. Key areas for improvement include the need to incorporate strategies for maintenance of behaviour change into the intervention and also to adopt novel methods of data collection to increase follow-up rates.ConclusionsThis mixed methods study suggests that an international walk to school competition using innovative technology can be feasibly implemented and offers a novel way of engaging schools and motivating children to walk to school. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 18 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 17 | 63% |
| Scientists | 5 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 122 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 28 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 28 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Sports and Recreations | 18 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 8% |
| Psychology | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 41 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2017.
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