Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the impact of a walking school bus (WSB) program on student transport in a low-income, urban neighborhood.

Methods

The design was a controlled, quasi-experimental trial with consecutive cross-sectional assessments. The setting was three urban, socioeconomically disadvantaged, public elementary schools (1 intervention vs. 2 controls) in Seattle, Washington, USA. Participants were ethnically diverse students in kindergarten-5th grade (aged 5-11 years). The intervention was a WSB program consisting of a part-time WSB coordinator and parent volunteers. Students' method of transportation to school was assessed by a classroom survey at baseline and one-year follow-up. The Pearson Chi-squared test compared students transported to school at the intervention ve

SUBMITTER: Mendoza JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680829 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature