An Intervention to Promote Active Transport for Short Distance Travel in Older Adolescents

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Transport Behaviour Intervention

Treatments: Other: Active transport lesson; Other: Active transport lesson and Facebook group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02823197

2011/288

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a theory- and evidence-based intervention aiming to promote active transport for short distance travel among older adolescents is effective in increasing attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, awareness and habit towards active transport, and intention to use active transport after obtaining a driving license.

Enrollment: 860 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• must understand Dutch
• must participate in the project 'Driving License at School' of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge

Exclusion criteria

• being younger than 16 years old or older than 19 years old
• already having a driving license

Trial design

860 participants in 3 patient groups

active transport lesson

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a 2-hour lesson (at school) promoting active transport for short distance travel to various destinations.

Treatment:

Other: Active transport lesson

active transport lesson and Facebook group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a 2-hour lesson (at school) promoting active transport for short distance travel to various destinations. Furthermore, they are asked to join a Facebook group on active transport in which 3 messages per week are posted during an eight-week period. The Facebook posts aim to promote the use of active transport for short distance travel.

Treatment:

Other: Active transport lesson and Facebook group

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group do not receive the active transport lesson or the Facebook group.