Journal article
Program practices and demographic factors associated with federal funding for the Safe Routes to School program in the United States
Health & place, v 18(1), pp 16-23
Jan 2012
PMID: 22243903
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
In 2005, the United States Congress authorized $612 million for use in implementing the US Safe Routes to School program to address physical inactivity, air quality, safety and traffic near schools. Each US state developed administrative practices to implement the program. Based on state-specific annual obligations, on average, states have obligated 44% of available funds. State project obligations were directly associated with programmatic factors, including broader adherence to federal agency administrative guidance objectives and the number of years for which the states obligated new projects and indirectly associated with student enrollment and state child poverty. Research and policy recommendations are discussed.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Program practices and demographic factors associated with federal funding for the Safe Routes to School program in the United States
- Creators
- Angie L. Cradock - Harvard UniversityBilly Fields - University of New OrleansJessica L. Barrett - Harvard UniversitySteven Melly - Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, 4th floor West, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 18(1), pp 16-23
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000300918600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84855669284
- Other Identifier
- 991021875342004721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health