Is there a correlation between children's outdoor active mobility behaviour and neighbourhood safety? A systematic review of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify, summarise and evaluate evidence on the correlation between perceived and actual neighbourhood safety (personal and road danger) and diverse forms of outdoor active mobility behaviour (ie, active play, exercise, and travel) among primary-school-aged children.

Design

A systematic review of evidence from observational studies exploring children's active mobility behaviour and safety.

Data sources

Six electronic databases were searched: Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, ProQuest and Web of Science from study inception until July 2020.

Data extraction and synthesis

Study selection and quality assessment were conducted independently by two reviewers. We expanded on a quality assessment tool and adopted a vote-counting technique to

SUBMITTER: Zougheibe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature