School site and the potential to walk to school: The impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods

Billie Giles-Corti; Georgina Wood; Terri Pikora; Vincent Learnihan; Max Bulsara; Kimberly Van Niel; Anna Timperio; Gavin McCormack; Karen Villanueva

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.011

School site and the potential to walk to school: The impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods

Billie Giles-Corti, Georgina Wood, Terri Pikora, Vincent Learnihan, Max Bulsara, Kimberly Van Niel, Anna Timperio, Gavin McCormack, Karen Villanueva

UC Research Institute for Sport & Exercise

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Abstract

The impact of neighborhood walkability (based on street connectivity and traffic exposure) within 2 km of public primary schools on children regularly walking to school was examined. The most (n=13) and least walkable (n=12) schools were selected using a school-specific 'walkability' index and a cross sectional study undertaken of Year 5, 6 and 7 children (n=1480) and consenting parents (n=1332).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	545-550
Number of pages	6
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.011
Publication status	Published - 2011

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