The Effect of a School-Based Intervention on Children’s Cycling Knowledge, Mode of Commuting and Perceived Barriers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

María Jesús Aranda-Balboa, Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado (), Patricia Gálvez-Fernández, Romina Saucedo-Araujo, Daniel Molina-Soberanes, Pablo Campos-Garzón, Manuel Herrador-Colmenero, Amador Jesús Lara-Sánchez, Javier Molina-García, Ana Queralt, Diane Crone and Palma Chillón
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María Jesús Aranda-Balboa: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado: Teacher Training Centre La Inmaculada, University of Granada, 18013 Granada, Spain
Patricia Gálvez-Fernández: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Romina Saucedo-Araujo: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Daniel Molina-Soberanes: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Pablo Campos-Garzón: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Manuel Herrador-Colmenero: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Amador Jesús Lara-Sánchez: IDAF Research Group, Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Javier Molina-García: AFIPS Research Group, Department of Teaching of Musical, Visual and Corporal Expression, University of Valencia, 46021 Valencia, Spain
Ana Queralt: AFIPS Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Diane Crone: Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing Research, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK
Palma Chillón: PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: The low rates of active commuting to/from school in Spain, especially by bike, and the wide range of cycling interventions in the literature show that this is a necessary research subject. The aims of this study were: (1) to assess the feasibility of a school-based cycling intervention program for adolescents, (2) to analyse the effectiveness of a school-based cycling intervention program on the rates of cycling and other forms of active commuting to/from school (ACS), and perceived barriers to active commuting in adolescents. A total of 122 adolescents from Granada, Jaén and Valencia (Spain) participated in the study. The cycling intervention group participated in a school-based intervention program to promote cycling to school during Physical Education (PE) sessions in order to analyse the changes in the dependent variables at baseline and follow up of the intervention. Wilcoxon, Signs and McNemar tests were undertaken. The association of the intervention program with commuting behaviour, and perceived barriers to commuting, were analysed by binary logistic regression. There were improvements in knowledge at follow-up and the cycling skill scores were medium-low. The rates of cycling to school and active commuting to/from school did not change, and only the “built environment (walk)” barrier increased in the cycling group at follow-up. School-based interventions may be feasibly effective tools to increase ACS behaviour, but it is necessary to implement a longer period and continue testing further school-based cycling interventions.

Keywords: active commuting; cycling; perceptions; adolescents; school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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