TY - BOOK
T1 - Policy Brief: Addressing Commuting as a Public Health Issue
T2 - Strategies Should Differ by Rurality
AU - Henning-Smith, Carrie
AU - Kozhimannil, Katy Backes
AU - Evenson, Alex
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Car commuting is a known risk factor for poor health, by contributing to sedentary behavior and air pollution; prevention efforts to reduce car commuting-especially long, solo commutes-are important to improving public health. This brief estimates the rate of solo car commuting and long (>30 minutes) solo car commutes by rurality and urban adjacency, and identifies differences in socio-demographic factors that relate to commuting behavior by geographic location.
AB - Car commuting is a known risk factor for poor health, by contributing to sedentary behavior and air pollution; prevention efforts to reduce car commuting-especially long, solo commutes-are important to improving public health. This brief estimates the rate of solo car commuting and long (>30 minutes) solo car commutes by rurality and urban adjacency, and identifies differences in socio-demographic factors that relate to commuting behavior by geographic location.
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Policy Brief: Addressing Commuting as a Public Health Issue
ER -