Designing effective point-of-choice prompts to promote active transportation and staircase use at a Canadian University

Ly, Hieu; Irwin, Jennifer D.

doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1469503

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“…The uptrend in active transportation in USA may be related to a number of strategies, such as the construction of cycle paths, car restriction, car-free days, and so on [22,28]. Similar strategies have been implemented in other countries [21,29], such as Canada, Australia, etc.…”

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“…In view of mounting evidence on the health benefits of walking and cycling, some countries encouraged residents to increase transportation-related physical activity (such as walking or cycling to and from work) to improve individual health and to reduce air pollution, carbon emissions, traffic dangers, and other harmful impacts of car use. In Canada, suitable point-of-choice prompts were designed for university students to promote active transportation [21]. In the United States, community infrastructures were developed to support physical activity, such as sidewalks and bicycle trails [22].…”

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Trends in Transportation Modes and Time among Chinese Population from 2002 to 2012

Gong

Yuan

Feng

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Giving the rising trends in obesity and chronic diseases in China, strategies to increase physical activity are important. Transport-related activity is a substantial source of physical activity and can be easily incorporated into the daily lives. It is a key social factor of health, which can help improve people’s mental and physical health and decrease environmental pollution. However, little is known about recent trends in transportation modes and time in China. Between 2002 and 2010–2012, information about transportation behaviors of Chinese population aged 15 years or older were collected within two Chinese Nutrition and Health Surveys. A stratified multistage cluster sampling method was conducted to select participants. Sociodemographic information, transportation modes, and time were collected during face-to-face interviews. The study included 82,377 (mean age 41.2 years) and 143,075 (mean age 48.7 years) participants in the 2002 and 2010–2012 surveys respectively. The weighted prevalence of active transportation (including walking and cycling) decreased from 83.8% in 2002 to 54.3% in 2010–2012 (p < 0.001). During the same period, the number of participants using public transportation (including taking the bus, subway, or shuttle bus) has doubled (7.5% and 15.7%, respectively, for 2002 and 2010–2012, (p < 0.001)), and the proportion of inactive transportation (including driving or taking a car, motorcycle, taxi, or electric bicycle) more than tripled. Concurrently, the transportation time almost doubled with an increase of 25.9 min over the 10 years (p < 0.001). The prevalence of active transportation increased with age. Participants with higher family income and education reported a lower prevalence of active transportation. Females were more likely to use active transportation (OR (95% CI): 4.41 (4.14–4.70) and 2.50 (2.44–2.57), respectively, for 2002 and 2010–2012, where males were the reference). Before the prevalence of active transportation and physical activity gets lower, there is a need for the public health sector and the transport and land use sector to work together to develop related policies and initiatives with the aim of promoting active transportation and public transportation to increase the levels of physical activity and to decrease the risks of chronic diseases.

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Trends in Transportation Modes and Time among Chinese Population from 2002 to 2012

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Yuan

Feng

et al. 2020

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“…The authors of these studies also showed that the mode of transportation is conditioned by particularities of university campuses such as bike share systems [58], tailored and strategically-placed point-of-choice prompts, through which students should switch to active transportation [59], or the distribution of the university scheduled classes on the days of the week [60]. However, in order to make use of the potential to increase cycling among students Grimes and Baker (2020) [58] revealed that bike share systems conditions in university settings must be tailored to the target group, Chim et al, (2020) [60] pointed out that there is only a positive association of university courses on weekdays with more time spent cycling if students cycle to classes anyway, and Irwin (2019) [61] showed that uncontrollable factors for example time, built environment, and weather affected the participation in activities. Thus, just like the results of our study, these findings show that the combination of environmental conditions and personal psychological determinants is important to consider.…”

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Why Do Students Walk or Cycle for Transportation? Perceived Study Environment and Psychological Determinants as Predictors of Active Transportation by University Students

Teuber

Sudeck

2021

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University students are particularly at risk to suffer from physical and psychological complaints and for not fulfilling health-oriented physical activity (PA) recommendations. Since PA is linked with various benefits for health and educational outcomes, the group of students is of particular interest for PA promotion. Although active commuting has been identified as a relevant domain of PA in order to gain the various benefits of PA, little knowledge is available with respect to university students. This study tested conditions in the study environment, as well as personal motivators and barriers, as determinants for the active transportation of university students. Using a cross-sectional convenience sample of a university in the southwest of Germany (n = 997), we applied factor analyses to bundle relevant information on environmental and psychological determinants (adapted NEWS-G; adapted transport-related items from an Australian university survey) and blockwise hierarchical regressions. The objective was to analyze associations between the bundled determinants and self-reports on PA for transport-related walking and cycling (measured by the EHIS-PAQ). Results revealed associations between transport-related cycling and the perceived study environment (e.g., high automobile traffic) as well as certain personal motivators and barriers (e.g., time effort or weather conditions). The study contributes to the knowledge about determinants that are important for the development and improvement of public health interventions for students in a university setting.

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“…Numerous further typical small-scale studies on stair promotion signs have been published. These include stair signs in university settings (Crozier et al, 2019;Engelen 2017;Ly et al, 2019), metro stations (Allias et al, 2017), an airport (Bellettiere et al, 2017), and a city centre office building (Bennett et al, 2018). These studies have continued to reinforce that the magnitude of change in stair use following the installation of a sign is broadly consistent with what has been reported in previous studies.…”

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Establishing the Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions Using Sequential Meta-Analysis: Case Study Using Stair-Promotion Interventions

Bauman¹,

Milton

2020

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In this role she teaches medical students about the importance and principles of public health, and particularly the primary prevention of chronic disease. Her research area is physical activity and public health, where she aims to advance knowledge and understanding of 'what works' to get populations more active to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases. Karen's interest in this field spans the measurement of physical activity, population level interventions, evaluation and policy research. She has been involved in developing national and international physical activity recommendations as well as supporting a range of countries to develop national physical activity strategies. Karen spends her spare time being active and is a keen open water swimmer. Published ArticlesBauman A, Milton K, Kariuki M, Fedel K, Lewicka M. Is there sufficient evidence regarding signagebased stair-use interventions? A sequential meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2017; 7: e012459. AbstractPrevention trials often generate significant health or risk factor improvements, but these improvements are limited to the selected samples of people enrolled in these studies. In order to make population health gains, we need to develop methods for translating evidence from these trials into practice at the broader community and population levels. One barrier to this process is researchers themselves, who conduct replications of small-scale trials, rather than conducting intervention research at scale. Our example of this is interventions to encourage short episodes of physical activity through signs promoting stair use. We pooled the evidence from these interventions from 1980 to 2014. We carried out a meta-analysis to estimate the proportion of people that changed from the elevator to the stairs following the introduction of signage. Our innovation was to use a sequential meta-analysis method, usually described in relation to clinical settings and trials. We used this method to estimate when there was sufficient evidence of stair-sign effectiveness for public health actions to be scaled-up, and we found this was around 2006. Studies since then have not contributed new evidence to the field. Methods here enabled us to see when policymakers should have implemented this intervention to the community at large, and researchers then should have focused their investigations on identifying barriers and facilitators to their implementation and assessing intervention effects at scale. Learning OutcomesDescribe the research evidence that is generated by individual studies in stair use promotion Outline the transferability of research methods across disciplines Explain the purpose and usefulness of sequential meta-analysis Discuss the applicability of sequential meta-analysis to public health interventions Appreciate the need for research translation of effective interventions Case Study

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Designing effective point-of-choice prompts to promote active transportation and staircase use at a Canadian University

Abstract: This study provides insights for designing suitable point-of-choice prompts that are tailored for university students in terms of future interventions that aim to improve their activity levels.

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Trends in Transportation Modes and Time among Chinese Population from 2002 to 2012

Trends in Transportation Modes and Time among Chinese Population from 2002 to 2012

Why Do Students Walk or Cycle for Transportation? Perceived Study Environment and Psychological Determinants as Predictors of Active Transportation by University Students

Establishing the Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions Using Sequential Meta-Analysis: Case Study Using Stair-Promotion Interventions

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