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We need more active travel intervention research – why not travel plans?
Author(s) -
Petrunoff Nicholas,
Rissel Chris,
Wen Li Ming,
Bindon Jeni
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
health promotion journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2201-1617
pISSN - 1036-1073
DOI - 10.1071/he14051
Subject(s) - public health , health promotion , publishing , population health , project commissioning , sociology , promotion (chess) , medicine , library science , media studies , political science , nursing , politics , computer science , law
A high proportion of published health promotion research on physical activity is descriptive, and there is a need for more published intervention research. Although travel planning has been described as a promising way to promote population-level physical activity, a Cochrane systematic review of organisational travel plan interventions for improving health identified 17 studies, 12 of which were conducted in educational settings and 5 in workplaces. Evidence on the effectiveness of travel planning interventions may strengthen a case for policy that supports implementation of travel plans.