Going Places: An Active Transportation Intervention to Increase Youth Physical Activity, Durham, North Carolina, 2023–2024

• DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2025.308012
• Publication Date: 2025-03-20T20:07:42Z
• Authors: Emily M. D’Agostino; Cody D. Neshteruk; Tang Li; Jeremiah Davis; Isa Granados; Advika Kumar; Jeffrey Forde; Christoph P. Hornik
• Keywords: Equity

Routine youth physical activity (PA) fosters healthy habits and lasting cardiometabolic benefits into adulthood; however, significant disparities in PA persist by race, ethnicity, income. Active transportation is an optimal intervention target to promote equity building self-efficacy skills. Going Places, a multilevel intervention, aims increase underserved health. We demonstrate preliminary efficacy, based on increased levels of PA, improved self-efficacy, reduced barriers use support positive patterns for lifelong ( Am J Public Health. Published online ahead print March 20, 2025:e1–e5. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308012 )