Children with Asthma Are Less Likely to Walk to School

Foty, Richard; Nelligan, Kathleen; To, Teresa; Stieb, David M.; Dell, Sharon D.

doi:10.1089/ped.2012.0203

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“…The actual exposure effects of high concentrations of air pollutants are a function of both indoor and outdoor air quality and the time spent in the various microenvironments, but evidence suggests that as much as 29% of indoor air concentrations are related to outdoor sources [ 17 ]. Childhood asthma is already the most common chronic respiratory disease in children [ 18 ] and these children are also less likely to walk to schools, relying instead on bus or vehicle travel [ 19 ], which potentially further exacerbates obesity concerns.…”

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School Locations and Traffic Emissions — Environmental (In)Justice Findings Using a New Screening Method

Gaffron

Niemeier

2015

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It has been shown that the location of schools near heavily trafficked roads can have detrimental effects on the health of children attending those schools. It is therefore desirable to screen both existing school locations and potential new school sites to assess either the need for remedial measures or suitability for the intended use. Current screening tools and public guidance on school siting are either too coarse in their spatial resolution for assessing individual sites or are highly resource intensive in their execution (e.g., through dispersion modeling). We propose a new method to help bridge the gap between these two approaches. Using this method, we also examine the public K-12 schools in the Sacramento Area Council of Governments Region, California (USA) from an environmental justice perspective. We find that PM2.5 emissions from road traffic affecting a school site are significantly positively correlated with the following metrics: percent share of Black, Hispanic and multi-ethnic students, percent share of students eligible for subsidized meals. The emissions metric correlates negatively with the schools’ Academic Performance Index, the share of White students and average parental education levels. Our PM2.5 metric also correlates with the traffic related, census tract level screening indicators from the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool and the tool’s tract level rate of asthma related emergency department visits.

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Section: Children Schools Traffic and Healthmentioning

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School Locations and Traffic Emissions — Environmental (In)Justice Findings Using a New Screening Method

Gaffron

Niemeier

2015

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“…Most of the scientific studies focused on ACS have used a questionnaire to evaluate this behaviour; however, according to the last systematic review (published in 2014) that evaluated the self-reported modes and frequency of commuting to school in young people, only a 33% of the studies indicated the feasibility, validity and reliability of the questionnaires used [21]. Besides, several studies showed different questions and methods to be compared [22][23][24]. Due to the few studies evaluating feasibility, our study provides more information about an important gap that exists in the scientific literature with reference to the evaluation of the feasibility in questionnaires.…”

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“…Due to the few studies evaluating feasibility, our study provides more information about an important gap that exists in the scientific literature with reference to the evaluation of the feasibility in questionnaires. For example, in a study from the United States, the questionnaire included questions about children's school travel behaviour [22]; in a study from Canada, questions about the mode of transportations to school were included [23] and in Germany, a single question about the usual mode of ACS was considered [24]. The "Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School" questionnaire was suggested by Herrador-Colmenero et al based on a deep analysis of questionnaires in the scientific literature [21] and then, it was validated in children and adolescents using accelerometry as the gold standard by Chillón et al [25].…”

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Feasibility and Reliability of a Questionnaire to Assess the Mode, Frequency, Distance and Time of Commuting to and from School: The PACO Study

Segura-Díaz

Rojas-Jiménez

Barranco‐Ruiz

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Active commuting to and from school has several health implications. Self-reporting is the most common assessment tool, but there is a high heterogeneity of questionnaires in the scientific literature. The purpose of this study was to analyse the feasibility and reliability of the Spanish “New Version of Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School” questionnaire in children and adolescents. A total of 635 children (5–12 years old) and 362 adolescents (12–18 years old) filled out the questionnaire twice (14 days apart). Feasibility was evaluated using an observational checklist. The test-retest reliability of the “New Version of Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School” questionnaire and the distance and time to school were examined using the kappa and weight kappa coefficient (κ). No misunderstanding of questions was reported. The time to complete the questionnaire was 15 ± 3.62 and 9 ± 2.26 min for children and adolescents, respectively. The questionnaire showed substantial and almost perfect kappa coefficients for the overall six items (k = 0.61–0.94) in children and adolescents. The “New Version of Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School” questionnaire is a feasible and reliable questionnaire in Spanish children and adolescents.

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“…4 In multivariate models, being driven by school bus had the strongest association with asthma. Associations do not prove causation.…”

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Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology

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Children with Asthma Are Less Likely to Walk to School

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School Locations and Traffic Emissions — Environmental (In)Justice Findings Using a New Screening Method

School Locations and Traffic Emissions — Environmental (In)Justice Findings Using a New Screening Method

Feasibility and Reliability of a Questionnaire to Assess the Mode, Frequency, Distance and Time of Commuting to and from School: The PACO Study

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