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An Examination Of The Socio-Demographic Characteristics And Perceptions Of Cycling Among Students At Georgia State University, Nancy B. Pope
An Examination Of The Socio-Demographic Characteristics And Perceptions Of Cycling Among Students At Georgia State University, Nancy B. Pope
Public Health Theses
ABSTRACT An Examination of Socio-demographic Characteristics and Perceptions of Cycling among Students at Georgia State University (Under the direction of Christine Stauber, Faculty Member) Background: Bicycling as a form of transportation is important to public health and the improvement of the environment by way of sustainable transportation. Active transportation is inversely related to all-cause mortality, obesity, and levels of ozone and greenhouse gases. University communities have been shown to bicycle more than big cities. However, downtown setting of the Georgia State University (GSU) campus poses unique barriers to bicycling. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in fall, 2009 at GSU. …
Safe Routes To School: Launching The Program At Oak Grove Elementary School, Susan Henderson
Safe Routes To School: Launching The Program At Oak Grove Elementary School, Susan Henderson
Public Health Theses
Safe Routes to School is a national program funded by the Department of Transportation. The goal of the program is to increase children’s active transport to and from school, primarily by walking, in response to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Implementation at the state and local level has had varying success. In my capstone presentation, I discuss the creation, implementation, and ongoing success of the program at Oak Grove Elementary, a local public school in Georgia. The program is comprised of the 5 Es: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Engineering, and Evaluation. Each of these five components will be focused on, as …