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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, INTERVENTION, MEASURES, RESULTS. Meshes: Child, Cluster Analysis, Health Promotion, Humans, Logistic Models, New South Wales, Parents, School Health Services, Travel, Walking.
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Increasing active travel to school: are we on the right track? Context: To evaluate the effectiveness of a program to increase walking to and from school. A cluster randomised controlled trial. 24 primary public schools in inner west Sydney, Australia. 1996 students aged 10-12 years and their parents. A two-year multi-component program included classroom activities, development of school Travel Access Guides, parent newsletters and improving environments with local councils. Two measures were used: a survey completed by students on how they travelled to and from school over five days, and a survey completed by their parents on how their child travelled to and from school in a usual week. The percentage of students who walked to and from school increased in both the intervention and control schools. Data from parent surveys found that 28.8% of students in the intervention group increased their walking, compared with 19% in the control group (a net increase of 9.8%, p=0.05). However this effect was not evident in the student data.
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The study produced a mixed result, with a high variation in travel patterns from school to school. Intervention research should address the complexity of multiple factors influencing student travel to school with a focus on changing local environments and parents' travel to work.