RT Article
T1 Fears of Violence During Morning Travel to School
JF Journal of adolescent health
A1 Allison, Paul D
A1 Wiebe, Douglas
A1 Richmond, Therese S
A1 Guo, Wensheng
A1 Branas, Charles
A1 Anderson, Elijah
A2 Wiebe, Douglas
A2 Richmond, Therese S
A2 Guo, Wensheng
A2 Branas, Charles
A2 Anderson, Elijah
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866585010
AB PURPOSE: Children's safety as they travel to school is a concern nationwide. We investigated how safe children felt from the risk of being assaulted during morning travel to school. METHODS: Children between 10 and 18 years old were recruited in Philadelphia and interviewed with the aid of geographic information system (GIS) mapping software about a recent trip to school, situational characteristics, and how safe they felt as they travelled based on a 10-point item (1 = very unsafe, 10 = very safe). Ordinal regression was used to estimate the probability of perceiving different levels of safety based on transportation mode, companion type, and neighborhood characteristics. RESULTS: Among 65 randomly selected subjects, routes to school ranged from 7 to 177 minutes (median = 36) and .1-15.1 street miles (median = 1.9), and included between 1-5 transportation modes (median = 2). Among students interviewed, 58.5% felt less than very safe (i.e.,8, for example, was .99 while in a car and .94 while on foot but was .86 and .87 when on a public bus or trolley. Probability was .98 while with an adult but was .72 while with another child and .71 when alone. Also, perceived safety was lower in areas of high crime and high density of off-premise alcohol outlets. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts that target situational risk factors are warranted to help children feel safe over their entire travel routes to school
DO 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.01.023