@article{ref1,
title="School-level economic disparities in police-reported crimes and active commuting to school",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Burford, Katie and Ganzar, Leigh Ann and Lanza, Kevin and Kohl, Harold W. 3rd and Hoelscher, Deanna M.",
volume="18",
number="20",
pages="e10885-e10885",
abstract="Perceived safety remains one of the main barriers for children to participate in active commuting to school (ACS). This ecological study examined the associations between the number of police-reported crimes in school neighborhoods and ACS. The percentage of active travel trips was assessed from a teacher tally survey collected from students across 63 elementary schools that were primarily classified as high-poverty (n = 27). Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to create a detailed measure of police-reported crimes during 2018 and neighborhood covariates that occurred within a one-mile Euclidean buffer of the schools. Statistical analyses included linear fixed effects regressions and negative binomial regressions. In fully-adjusted models, reported crime did not exhibit significant associations with ACS. Medium-poverty schools were indirectly associated with ACS when compared to high- and low-poverty schools in all models (p < 0.05). Connectivity and vehicle ownership were also directly associated with ACS (p < 0.05). Low- and medium-poverty schools were indirectly associated with all types of reported crime when compared to high-poverty schools (p < 0.05). Although reported crime was not associated with school-level ACS, differences in ACS and reported crime do exist across school poverty levels, suggesting a need to develop and promote safe and equitable ACS interventions.  Keywords: SR2S<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph182010885",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010885"
}