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Title: | A route to school informational intervention for air pollution exposure reduction | Authors: | AHMED, Shiraz ADNAN, Muhammad JANSSENS, Davy WETS, Geert |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER | Source: | Sustainable Cities and Society, 53 (Art N° 101965) | Abstract: | Walking and cycling are promoted to encourage sustainable travel behavior among children and adults. School children during their travel episode to-and-from school are disproportionately exposed to air pollution due to multiple reasons such as proximity to high traffic roads and peak volumes. Regular use of less polluted routes to and from school can bring significant health benefits for school children. This paper presents a route to school informational intervention that was developed incorporating approaches and methods suggested in the literature for effective behavioral interventions. The intervention was implemented using escorting parents/guardians (N = 104) of school children of Antwerp, Belgium to adopt school routes with least exposure to pollutants. Collected data and its analysis revealed that 60 % participants (N = 62) could benefit themselves by adopting the suggested cleanest routes to school, of whom a significant proportion of participants (i.e. 34 %, N = 35) have a difference of average NO2 concentration between the alternative and current route of around 10 mu g/m3. This information about alternatives routes with their potential benefits was presented to each participant via defined study protocols. Based on the feedback of participants that could potentially adopt suggested alternatives, 77 (N = 48) have switched their routes. These results indicated that intervention was effective, and it can bring higher benefits when implemented on a wider scale. | Notes: | Adnan, M (reprint author), UHasselt Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. shiraz.ahmed@uhasselt.be; muhammad.adnan@uhasselt.be; davy.janssens@uhasselt.be; geert.wets@uhasselt.be |
Other: | Adnan, M (reprint author), UHasselt Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. shiraz.ahmed@uhasselt.be; muhammad.adnan@uhasselt.be; davy.janssens@uhasselt.be; geert.wets@uhasselt.be | Keywords: | Children;Routes to and from school;Traffic;Exposure;Air quality;Informational intervention | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30690 | ISSN: | 2210-6707 | e-ISSN: | 2210-6715 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.scs.2019.101965 | ISI #: | WOS:000508361800077 | Rights: | 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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