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Most children experience their neighbourhoods from the back seat of the car: Deakin University
By Jerril Rechter, VicHealth CEO
The results of a two-year study conducted by the University of Melbourne and VicHealth reveal the final years of primary school are critical for developing children's confidence and independence to travel without their parents.
This evidence review from a group of national experts looks into 'parental fear' as a determinant impacting on children's physical activity levels and independent mobility, as well as the sources of fear.
Reduced traffic congestion and healthier, happier children will be the result of Portarlington Primary School's ‘Safe Active Travel’ markers launched in May, 2014.
Students and their families are taking a lesson about the importance of school crossing and safety – and not just in the classroom.
VicHealth and the Parenting Research Centre have today announced a three-year study into parental fear as a barrier to children’s’ physical activity, to pinpoint causes and find solutions.
Australian parents of 10 to 12-year-olds are more hesitant to allow their kids to walk home from school alone than their British counterparts, according to new research released today by Deakin University and VicHealth
A survey of 503 Victorian parents of primary school children reveals parents who worry about traffic and stranger danger prefer to drive their children to school rather than letting them walk, ride or scoot.
A VicHealth survey of 1500 Victorian residents has revealed their perceptions of stranger danger, traffic concerns and neighbourhood crime are the most common barriers to allowing children to walk to school.