PMID- 22261207
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120514
LR  - 20120120
IS  - 1873-2607 (Electronic)
IS  - 0749-3797 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - Active commuting to school among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: change 
      and predictors in a longitudinal study, 2004 to 2009.
PG  - 120-8
LID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.006 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Active commuting (walking or cycling) to/from school is an important 
      part of the overall physical activity levels of children but is on the decline in 
      many countries. Data for adolescents on mode of transportation to and from school 
      are limited for low- and middle-income countries, including Vietnam. PURPOSE: 
      This paper aims to describe the changes in the prevalence of active commuting to 
      and from school, and to examine prospectively the predictors of active commuting, 
      among adolescents from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). METHODS: The data are from a 
      5-year cohort study from 2004 of a representative sample of 759 adolescents from 
      18 schools in HCMC. Data were obtained at five annual assessments using validated 
      questionnaires to capture commuting behaviors, socioeconomic and demographic 
      factors, individual and family characteristics, and physical and social 
      environmental factors. Height and weight were measured by trained staff using 
      standardized guidelines. Generalized linear latent and mixed models with a 
      hierarchic approach were used to analyze the data in 2011. RESULTS: The results 
      show a remarkable decrease in the prevalence of active commuting in adolescents 
      from 27.8% in 2004 to 19.6% in 2009. Male students, from the least-wealthy 
      families, living in suburban areas, close to school, studying at schools in 
      less-wealthy districts, were more likely to actively commute. CONCLUSIONS: In the 
      context of an epidemic of childhood and adolescent obesity in urban Vietnam, the 
      decline in active commuting over the 5 years of this study highlights the need 
      for development of urban physical environments favorable for active commuting and 
      education campaigns to promote active commuting in adolescents.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. All rights reserved.
FAU - Trang, Nguyen H H D
AU  - Trang NH
AD  - Department of Community Health, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi 
      Minh City, Vietnam. nguyenhoang_doantrang@yahoo.com
FAU - Hong, Tang K
AU  - Hong TK
FAU - Dibley, Michael J
AU  - Dibley MJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Am J Prev Med
JT  - American journal of preventive medicine
JID - 8704773
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Bicycling/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Motorcycles/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Students/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Transportation/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Urban Population/statistics & numerical data/trends
MH  - Vietnam
MH  - Walking/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2012/01/21 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/08/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/10/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0749-3797(11)00832-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Prev Med. 2012 Feb;42(2):120-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.006.