Causal pathways linking environmental change with health behaviour change: Natural experimental study of new transport infrastructure and cycling to work.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanisms linking changes to the environment with changes in physical activity are poorly understood. Insights into mechanisms of interventions can help strengthen causal attribution and improve understanding of divergent response patterns. We examined the causal pathways linking exposure to new transport infrastructure with changes in cycling to work.

Methods

We used baseline (2009) and follow-up (2012) data (N=469) from the Commuting and Health in Cambridge natural experimental study (Cambridge, UK). Exposure to new infrastructure in the form of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway was defined using residential proximity. Mediators studied were changes in perceptions of the route to work, theory of planned behaviour constructs and self-reported use of the new infra

SUBMITTER: Prins RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4893020 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature