Social participation and independent mobility in children: the effects of two implementations of "we go to school alone".

The aim of this research was to determine the outcomes of the "We go to school alone" program in two Districts of Rome through a longitudinal study involving 392 children (mean age = 8.37 years) and 270 parents. The outcomes of the program in the two Districts were very different. Only one resulted in an increase in children's autonomous mobility on the home-school journey, a reduction in the number of times a child was taken to school by car, and, even more important, in an increase in the general level of children's independent mobility in their neighborhood. The findings are discussed in terms of a process evaluation that enabled us to understand the differing results.

Tipo Pubblicazione: 
Articolo
Author or Creator: 
Prezza, Miretta
Alparone, Francesca Romana
Renzi, Daniela
Pietrobono, Annalisa
Publisher: 
Haworth Press,, New York, N.Y. , Stati Uniti d'America
Source: 
Journal of prevention & intervention in the community 38 (2010): 8–25. doi:10.1080/10852350903393392
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Prezza, Miretta; Alparone, Francesca Romana; Renzi, Daniela; Pietrobono, Annalisa/titolo:Social participation and independent mobility in children: the effects of two implementations of "we go to school alone"./doi:10.1080/10852
Date: 
2010
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/322993
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852350903393392
info:doi:10.1080/10852350903393392
Language: 
Eng
ISTC Author: 
Ritratto di Daniela Renzi
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