Impact of Walking School Bus Programs on Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A walking school bus (WSB) consists of students and adults walking to and from school and promotes active commuting to school. Self-efficacy (SE) and outcome expectations (OE) are behavioral constructs associated with active commuting to school. The authors sought to assess the impact of a WSB program on child SE, and parent SE, and OE.

Methods

The authors conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial of a WSB intervention from 2012 to 2016 among 22 elementary schools serving racially diverse, low-income populations in Houston, TX and Seattle, WA. Surveys collected data from third- to fifth-grade students and their parents, (n = 418) child-parent dyads, before school randomization and at the school year's end. Child surveys included 16 SE items, while parent sur

SUBMITTER: Cramer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298281 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature