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Correlates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach.

dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Vania
dc.contributor.authorGrao-Cruces, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Joao
dc.contributor.authorGaspar de Matos, Margarida
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Grao-Cruces, Alberto] GALENO Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cadiz, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cadiz, Spain
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-03T13:56:11Z
dc.date.available2023-05-03T13:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-23
dc.description.abstractActive commuting to and from school can be an important contribution to improving health in adolescents. This study aimed to analyze the influence of multilevel variables of the ecological model in the active commuting of a representative sample of Portuguese adolescents. The 2018 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children questionnaire was applied to 5695 adolescents with an average age of 15.5 years old (SD ± 1.8), 53.9% of whom were girls. The associations were studied by applying chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression models. In this study, 36.5% of the participants reported walking or cycling to school. Active commuting to school was directly associated with age (OR = 1.2; p< 0.05), strong family support (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05), a moderate to low financial level of the family (OR = 1.3; p < 0.05) and living near the school (OR = 2.4; p < 0.05). The results revealed that an adolescent’s choice to travel to and from school using an active mode of transportation increased with strong family support. As a result, promotion campaigns should consider the adolescent’s family context.
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dc.identifier.citationLoureiro N, Loureiro V, Grao-Cruces A, Martins J, Gaspar de Matos M. Correlates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 26;19(5):2733
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19052733
dc.identifier.essn1660-4601
dc.identifier.pmcPMC8910768
dc.identifier.pmid35270424
dc.identifier.pubmedURLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910768/pdf
dc.identifier.unpaywallURLhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/5/2733/pdf?version=1645867603
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10668/21038
dc.issue.number5
dc.journal.titleInternational journal of environmental research and public health
dc.journal.titleabbreviationInt J Environ Res Public Health
dc.language.isoen
dc.organizationInstituto de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias Biomédicas
dc.page.number10
dc.provenance2024-09-26
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.pubmedtypeJournal Article
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/5/2733
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectActive transportation
dc.subjectFamily
dc.subjectFinancial level
dc.subjectSocial support
dc.subjectTeenagers
dc.subjectWalking
dc.subject.decsCaminata
dc.subject.decsCiclismo
dc.subject.decsEstudios transversales
dc.subject.decsInstituciones académicas
dc.subject.decsTransportes
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshBicycling
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshCross-sectional studies
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshPortugal
dc.subject.meshSchools
dc.subject.meshTransportation
dc.subject.meshWalking
dc.titleCorrelates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach.
dc.typeResearch article
dc.type.hasVersionVoR
dc.volume.number19
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