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Katherine Pérez1, Elena Santamariña-Rubio1, Josep Ferrando1
1Katherine Pérez, Elena Santamariña-Rubio, Josep Ferrando, and Maria José López are with Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, Spain. Katherine Pérez and Maria José López are also with CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Barcelona, Spain. Llorenç Badiella is with Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) intervention in Barcelona, Spain, at reducing the number of road traffic collisions and injuries in the school environment. It was a pre-post, quasi-experimental evaluation with a matched comparison group. Road traffic injuries were significantly reduced in the intervention schools-especially among school-age pedestrians-but not in the comparison schools. The SRTS program significantly improved road safety among children. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(5):495-499. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307216).
