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Correlates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach

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  • Nuno Loureiro

    (Projeto Aventura Social, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
    ISAMB/Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Investigação Apoiado Pela Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
    Departamento de Artes, Humanidades e Desporto, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal)

  • Vânia Loureiro

    (Projeto Aventura Social, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
    ISAMB/Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Investigação Apoiado Pela Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
    Departamento de Artes, Humanidades e Desporto, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal)

  • Alberto Grao-Cruces

    (GALENO Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cadiz, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain
    Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cadiz, Spain)

  • João Martins

    (ISAMB/Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Investigação Apoiado Pela Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
    Centro de Estudos de Educação, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana e UIDEF, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
    CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal)

  • Margarida Gaspar de Matos

    (Projeto Aventura Social, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
    ISAMB/Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Investigação Apoiado Pela Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal)

Abstract

Active commuting to and from school can be an important contribution to improving health in adolescents. This study aimed to analyze the influence of multilevel variables of the ecological model in the active commuting of a representative sample of Portuguese adolescents. The 2018 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children questionnaire was applied to 5695 adolescents with an average age of 15.5 years old (SD ± 1.8), 53.9% of whom were girls. The associations were studied by applying chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression models. In this study, 36.5% of the participants reported walking or cycling to school. Active commuting to school was directly associated with age (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05), strong family support (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05), a moderate to low financial level of the family (OR = 1.3; p < 0.05) and living near the school (OR = 2.4; p < 0.05). The results revealed that an adolescent’s choice to travel to and from school using an active mode of transportation increased with strong family support. As a result, promotion campaigns should consider the adolescent’s family context.

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  • Nuno Loureiro & Vânia Loureiro & Alberto Grao-Cruces & João Martins & Margarida Gaspar de Matos, 2022. "Correlates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-10, February.
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