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Citation

Yang Y, Diez-Roux A, Evenson KR, Colabianchi N. Am. J. Public Health 2014; 104(7): 1196-1203.

Affiliation

At the time of this study, Yong Yang and Ana Diez-Roux were with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Kelly R. Evenson was with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Natalie Colabianchi was with the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2014.301896

PMID

24832410

PMCID

PMC4056201

Abstract

We used an agent-based model to examine the impact of the walking school bus (WSB) on children's active travel to school. We identified a synergistic effect of the WSB with other intervention components such as an educational campaign designed to improve attitudes toward active travel to school.

RESULTS suggest that to maximize active travel to school, children should arrive on time at "bus stops" to allow faster WSB walking speeds. We also illustrate how an agent-based model can be used to identify the location of routes maximizing the effects of the WSB on active travel. Agent-based models can be used to examine plausible effects of the WSB on active travel to school under various conditions and to identify ways of implementing the WSB that maximize its effectiveness.


Language: en

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