N Petrunoff1, L M Wen2, C Rissel3. 1. Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Level 6, The Hub, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: npet8206@uni.sydney.edu.au. 2. Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Level 6, The Hub, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Health Promotion Service, Sydney Local Health District, Level 9, King Georg V Building, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia. Electronic address: lmwen@email.cs.nsw.gov.au. 3. Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Level 6, The Hub, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: chris.rissel@sydney.edu.au.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of a three-year workplace travel plan intervention on increasing active travel to work. STUDY DESIGN: A time-series study with staff was conducted in 2011 (n = 804), 2012 (n = 904), 2013 (n = 872) and 2014 (n = 687). METHODS: A travel plan was implemented at a large, outer-suburban worksite in Sydney, Australia. Implementation was assessed by reviewing annual reports including travel plan actions and their status. Annual cross-sectional on-line surveys assessed primary outcomes which included change in the proportion of staff travelling to work via active modes. Multivariate logistic regression was used to adjust for confounders. RESULTS: Strategies to encourage active travel were partially implemented. An average survey response rate was 23% (n = 817). The proportion of staff travelling actively to work increased by 4%-6% across intervention years compared to the baseline, and this increase was significant in 2012 (P = 0.04) and 2013 (P = 0.003). Compared to baseline, after adjusting for distances staff lived from work staff had 33% (95% CI 1%-74%) greater odds of travelling to work via active modes in 2012, and 50% (95% CI 15%-96%) greater odds in 2013. There was no evidence of change in physical activity levels. CONCLUSIONS: A workplace travel plan which only included strategies to encourage active travel to work achieved small but significant increases in active travel. Workplace travel plans appear to be a promising way to increase active travel to work.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of a three-year workplace travel plan intervention on increasing active travel to work. STUDY DESIGN: A time-series study with staff was conducted in 2011 (n = 804), 2012 (n = 904), 2013 (n = 872) and 2014 (n = 687). METHODS: A travel plan was implemented at a large, outer-suburban worksite in Sydney, Australia. Implementation was assessed by reviewing annual reports including travel plan actions and their status. Annual cross-sectional on-line surveys assessed primary outcomes which included change in the proportion of staff travelling to work via active modes. Multivariate logistic regression was used to adjust for confounders. RESULTS: Strategies to encourage active travel were partially implemented. An average survey response rate was 23% (n = 817). The proportion of staff travelling actively to work increased by 4%-6% across intervention years compared to the baseline, and this increase was significant in 2012 (P = 0.04) and 2013 (P = 0.003). Compared to baseline, after adjusting for distances staff lived from work staff had 33% (95% CI 1%-74%) greater odds of travelling to work via active modes in 2012, and 50% (95% CI 15%-96%) greater odds in 2013. There was no evidence of change in physical activity levels. CONCLUSIONS: A workplace travel plan which only included strategies to encourage active travel to work achieved small but significant increases in active travel. Workplace travel plans appear to be a promising way to increase active travel to work.
Authors: Minna Aittasalo; Johanna Tiilikainen; Kari Tokola; Jaana Suni; Harri Sievänen; Henri Vähä-Ypyä; Tommi Vasankari; Timo Seimelä; Pasi Metsäpuro; Charlie Foster; Sylvia Titze Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-05-13 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Genevieve Nissa Healy; Elizabeth G Eakin; Elisabeth Ah Winkler; Nyssa Hadgraft; David W Dunstan; Nicholas D Gilson; Ana D Goode Journal: JMIR Form Res Date: 2018-08-28