ACTIVE - HEALTHY to Kindergarten and School
Abstract
The decline in physical activity (PA) has become a serious problem for children and adolescents. Already 24% of the 7-14-year-old children in Austria are classified as being overweight or obese and suffer from other disorders associated. Promoting PA prevents health problems and is one of the most important prerequisites for a positive development in childhood. Active mobility (AM) on trips from and to kindergartens and schools has high potential to integrate PA in daily routines. Promoting AM is one major objective of the sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) of Vienna. To increase the share of AM of children, various initiatives are offered by a broad range of actors in Vienna. They are aiming at educating children in how to behave in the transport system, improving their travel safety, and strengthening their skills in using different modes of transport in an autonomous way. These offers are mostly not inter-connected, have no higher level of coordination and are not standardized and evaluated in terms of impacts on behaviour change towards sustainable mobility patterns. The project “AKTIV-GESUND zu Kindergarten and Schulen” wants to integrate the existing initiatives and actors into a coordinated program which facilitates access and ensures optimum use of resources. The program brings mobility training easily into schools and kindergartens and helps the institutions (demand side) to identify the most suitable offers which helps children to foster their independent mobility. This should guarantee that all children in Vienna, regardless of their social background or physical condition, have the same opportunities to benefit of this program.
active mobility mobility management in schools children and youth mobility
Publikationen
Aktiv und gesund unterwegs in Wien. Auf dem Weg zu einer bewegungsfreundlichen und gesunden Stadt.
Autoren: Unbehaun, W Jahr: 2018
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Active and healthy - Active mobility education for children in schools and kindergartens in Vienna
Autoren: Unbehaun, W; Raser, R; Gaupp-Berghausen, M Jahr: 2018
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Maria Juschten
Dr. Maria Juschten MSc.
maria.juschten@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85623
Project Leader
22.07.2019 - 31.08.2019
Elisabeth Raser
Dipl.-Ing. Elisabeth Raser
Project Leader
12.04.2019 - 21.07.2019
Project Staff
12.09.2017 - 11.04.2019
Wiebke Unbehaun
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Wiebke Unbehaun
Project Leader
12.09.2017 - 11.04.2019
Project Staff
01.09.2017 - 11.09.2017